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Artist: Colin Hay
Canonical path: /colin-hay-band/don-t-wait-up
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Don't Wait Up
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Don't Wait Up
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Don't wait up, for her tonight
'Cause she won't be coming home
Don't wake up till it gets light
By then she'll be long gone
Her restless heart has set its sail
She can feel the waves washing over
She knows what life with you entails
You love her strength you despise your weakness
Don't wait up, for her tonight
'Cause she won't be calling home
Don't wake up till it gets light
And the dogs are scratching at the door
Your jealous heart has won the day
You can feel the darkness creeping over
She paid the man and sailed away
Leaving you your incompleteness
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Colin Hay performs "Don't Wait Up", and this lyric page sits inside the Colin Hay catalog on LyroVerse.
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