[Verse 1]
Don't run away
'Cause I can't live without you
Please stay
And I'll learn to love you right

[Chorus]
I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life
I've been crying for you
Dying for you all this time
I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life
And I ain't gonna
Lose you tonight

[Post-Chorus]
No, I ain't gonna
Lose you tonight

[Verse 2]
Don't run away
I never wanted to hurt you
Please stay
And I'll learn to treat you right
[Chorus]
I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life
I've been crying for you
Dying for you all this time
I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life, yeah
And I ain't gonna
Lose you tonight

[Interlude]

[Chorus]
I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life
I've been crying for you
Dying for you all this time
I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life
And I ain't gonna
Lose you tonight

I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life
(Oh, I can't live without you)
I've been crying for you
Dying for you all this time
(I never wanted to hurt you)
I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life
And I ain't gonna
Lose you tonight
[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life
I've been crying for you
Dying for you all this time
I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life

I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life
I've been crying for you
Dying for you all this time
I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life

I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life
I've been crying for you
Dying for you all this time
I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life

I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life
I've been crying for you
Dying for you all this time
I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life
I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life
I've been crying for you
Dying for you all this time, yeah
I was waiting for you
Waiting for all my life
Oh...

[Instrumental Outro]