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Steve Earle – Waiting on You (1988) | Track profile | Dork

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Steve Earle
Copperhead Road
Waiting on You

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Waiting on You

Release date: 17th October 1988

From Copperhead Road

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About This Track

"Waiting on You" is a track by Steve Earle, from the album Copperhead Road, released 17th October 1988. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Waiting on You

[Verse]

Here comes the night, day brings no light

For wrong or right, I'm here waiting on you

Words cut too deep, old ghosts won't sleep

They'll never keep me from waiting on you

[Bridge]

Breathing out, breathing in

Holding out, giving in

Doing with or without

For a lifetime, just a lifetime

[Chorus]

I can't let go, I wait for you

Till hell goes cold, I wait for you

You're all I know and I wait for you

[Bridge]

Breathing out, breathing in

Holding out, giving in

Doing with or without

Waiting on you

[Verse]

I don't show it all, I walk on, walk tall

Behind this wall, I'm still waiting on you

[Bridge]

Breathing out, breathing in

Holding out, giving in

Doing with or without

For a lifetime, just a lifetime

[Chorus]

I can't let go, I wait for you

Till hell goes cold, I wait for you

You're all I know and I wait for you

I can't let go, I wait for you

Till hell goes cold, I wait for you

You're all I know and I wait for you

I can't let go, I wait for you

Till hell goes cold, I wait for you

You're all I know and I wait for you

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Track details

From Copperhead Road

1988

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Album

Copperhead Road

Release year

1988

—Wheels (live)
—Little Sister
—Waiting on You
—You Belong to Me
—Johnny Come Lately
—The Devil’s Right Hand
—Copperhead Road (live)
—Snake Oil
—Johnny Come Lately (Solo)
—The Devil's Right Hand (live)
—Brown and Root
—Nobody but You/Continental Trailways Blues
—Nebraska
—Dead Flowers
—Nothing but a Child
—My Baby Worships Me
—Even When I'm Blue
—Fearless Heart (live)
—Once You Love

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