Baby, I've been waiting,
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I've been waiting night and day.
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I didn't see the time,
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I waited half my life away.
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There were lots of invitations
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and I know you sent me some,
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but I was waiting
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for the miracle, for the miracle to come.
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I know you really loved me.
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but, you see, my hands were tied.
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I know it must have hurt you,
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it must have hurt your pride
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to have to stand beneath my window
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with your bugle and your drum,
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and me I'm up there waiting
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for the miracle, for the miracle to come.
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Ah I don't believe you'd like it,
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You wouldn't like it here.
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There ain't no entertainment
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and the judgements are severe.
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The Maestro says it's Mozart
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but it sounds like bubble gum
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when you're waiting
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for the miracle, for the miracle to come.
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Waiting for the miracle
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There's nothing left to do.
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I haven't been this happy
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since the end of World War II.
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Nothing left to do
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when you know that you've been taken.
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Nothing left to do
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when you're begging for a crumb
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Nothing left to do
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when you've got to go on waiting
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waiting for the miracle to come.
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I dreamed about you, baby.
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It was just the other night.
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Most of you was naked
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Ah but some of you was light.
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The sands of time were falling
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from your fingers and your thumb,
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and you were waiting
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for the miracle, for the miracle to come
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Ah baby, let's get married,
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we've been alone too long.
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Let's be alone together.
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Let's see if we're that strong.
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Yeah let's do something crazy,
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something absolutely wrong
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while we're waiting
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for the miracle, for the miracle to come.
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Nothing left to do...
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When you've fallen on the highway
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and you're lying in the rain,
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and they ask you how you're doing
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of course you'll say you can't complain --
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If you're squeezed for information,
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that's when you've got to play it dumb:
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You just say you're out there waiting
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for the miracle, for the miracle to come.
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Waiting For The Miracle
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Leonard Cohen |