SITTIN' ON A BENCH
AT WEST TOWN MALL
HE SAT DOWN
IN HIS OVERALLS
AND HE ASKED ME
YOU WAITIN'
ON A WOMAN
I NODDED YEAH AND
SAID HOW 'BOUT YOU
HE SAID SON SINCE
NINETEEN FIFTY-TWO
I'VE BEEN
WAITIN' ON A WOMAN
WHEN I PICKED HER UP
FOR OUR FIRST DATE
I TOLD HER I'D BE THERE
AT EIGHT
AND SHE CAME DOWN
THE STAIRS
AT EIGHT-THIRTY
SHE SAID I'M SORRY
THAT I TOOK SO LONG
DIDN'T LIKE A THING
THAT I TRIED ON
BUT LET ME
TELL YOU SON
SHE SURE LOOKED PRETTY
YEAH SHE'LL TAKE
HER TIME
BUT I DON'T MIND
WAITIN' ON A WOMAN
HE SAID THE WEDDING
TOOK
A YEAR TO PLAN
YOU TALK ABOUT
AN ANXIOUS MAN
I WAS NERVOUS
WAITIN' ON A WOMAN
AND THEN HE NUDGED
MY ARM
LIKE OLD MEN DO
AND SAID
I'LL SAY THIS
'BOUT THE HONEYMOON
IT WAS WORTH IT
WAITIN' ON A WOMAN
AND I DON'T GUESS
WE'VE BEEN ANYWHERE
SHE HASN'T
MADE US LATE I SWEAR
SOMETIMES SHE DOES IT
JUST 'CAUSE
SHE CAN DO IT
BOY IT'S JUST
A FACT OF LIFE
IT'LL BE THE SAME
WITH YOUR YOUNG WIFE
MIGHT AS WELL GO ON
AND GET USED TO IT
SHE'LL TAKE HER TIME
'CAUSE YOU DON'T MIND
WAITIN' ON A WOMAN
8 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL
BREAK
I'VE READ SOMEWHERE
STATISTICS SHOW
THE MAN'S ALWAYS
THE FIRST TO GO
AND THAT MAKES SENSE
'CAUSE I KNOW
SHE WON'T BE READY
SO WHEN IT FINALLY
COMES MY TIME
AND I GET TO
THE OTHER SIDE
I'LL FIND MYSELF
A BENCH
IF THEY'VE GOT ANY
I HOPE SHE TAKES
HER TIME
'CAUSE I DON'T MIND
WAITIN' ON A WOMAN
HONEY TAKE YOUR TIME
'CAUSE I DON'T MIND
WAITIN' ON A WOMAN