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Artist: The Monkees
Canonical path: /monkees/don-t-wait-for-me
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Don't Wait For Me
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Don't Wait For Me
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Don't wait for me, I'll be a long time comin'
Unless by then, you have told me something
To show how much you care
I've done much more than as a man I should have
Why did you, not do all you could have, to show
How much you care?
Over and again I've wondered was I wrong
Kept thinkin' that I maybe shoulda come along
But there comes a time in every man's life
When he must be strong
And my time's come
And if you're gone
Then I guess I'll cry and hold to memories
Of what might have beens
And when I finally leave
That will show how much I care
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The Monkees performs "Don't Wait For Me", and this lyric page sits inside the The Monkees catalog on LyroVerse.
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