Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Jean Shepard
Canonical path: /jean-shepard/why-did-you-wait
Related lyric paths: 6
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Why Did You Wait
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Why Did You Wait
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Why did you wait to prove to be untrue why did you change what's come over you
What made you stop a carin' for me why did you wait till we had a family
Why did you wait till a baby was born think of the shame look at the harm
Think of what you've done to your baby and me why did you wait till we had a family
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I'd rather be dead than to tell her the news
Your daddy's traded us for bright lights and booze
I can see her little face as she cries in misery
Why don't my daddy stay with my mommy and me
Why did you wait...
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Jean Shepard performs "Why Did You Wait", and this lyric page sits inside the Jean Shepard catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to Act Like A Married Man and Ain't You Ashamed with a short reason for opening each page next.
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