What Are You Waiting For?

Oh Donna, won't ya pick me up tomorrow? I need to get
out of this place I'm in, and get my life in order. Although
this world, just might fall apart, I've got enough in my
heart to get us started. Come with me, oh, I'm beggin' you
please, or just say goodbye, cuz' this is the end of me.

Let's go far away from here, and not come back until the
coast is clear. I'm fallin', thinkin' of you, I count the days
and all the funny things we do. I'm so sorrym now you
ignore me, tried to explain, but it's such a long story. Now
ya never call me, saw you in the lobby, you smiled, then
pretended that you never saw me

chorus

doo-doo, doot-doo-doo-doo, doot-doo-doo-doo, doot-
doo-doo-doo,doo-doo

you've been trying to get me open
caught out in the open
everyone is hopeing youd give
anything to take this
everything that breaks this
everyone is faceless
give me
something to believe in
quick or else im leaving
need a better reason
i know
things get complicated
so miseducated
it's a wonder that made it

situation
a little speculation
what are we facing
too much complications
looking for a name
in a new generation
a new focus
new destination

i don't wanna look
i just wanna find
gimme gimme something to believe in
keep your religion, don't need your lies
i'm just looking for one good reason
feel like it's teenage hunting season
but nothing out there sounds half decent
who's out there? who's going to save us
before we all fall through the cracks in the pavement

you've been trying to get me open
caught out in the open
everyone is hopeing
give me
something to believe in
quick or else im leaving
need a better reason
i know

i'm never gonna fall in line
so don't even bother wasting your time
i'm a breed of a different kind
stand back just to invade your mind

situation
under speculation
what are we facing?
too much complications
looking for a name
in a new generation
a new focus
new destination

i don't wanna look
i just wanna find
gimme gimme something to believe in
keep your religion, don't need your lies
i'm just looking for one good reason
feel like it's teenage hunting season
but nothing out there sounds half decent
who's out there? who's going to save us
before we all fall through the cracks in the pavement

and if you don't know what im talking about
it's probably better cause im working out
don't wanna spend my lifetime figurin out
that i coulda just said one prayer

and if you know what i'm talking about
then together were both working it out
don't wanna spend my lifetime figuring out
i missed the point now it's over
i missed the point now it's over
i missed the point now it's over
i missed the point now it's over
i missed the point now it's over
i missed the point now it's over

Crazy Mary is a slow girl who looks up to no one.
Would do anything for a cold one.
Wishes she could find her way home.
Got the look on her face and the stare of a ray gun.
We walked by everyday
and I wish there was something I could do for her.

Maybe if I took a little time to talk then she'd heal a little if she wants to.
She can run but let's teach her how to walk away now.
I'll shake a little if she wants to she'll laugh a little if she needs to.
There's a key to the door that she's hiding behind.

She watches the world pass her by like a freight train.
They all call her the same name.
Laughin' as they point and stare at her.
So she crys out to God up in Heaven,
been prayin since she was 11.
For Him to send someone to meet her there.

Maybe if I took a little time to talk then she'd heal a little if she wants to.
She can run but let's teach her how to walk away now.
I'll shake a little if she wants to she'll laugh a little if she needs to.
There's a key to the door that she's hiding behind.

And no one knows the thoughts, the dreams,
and the ideas she's got and contains inside.
She's broken apart and her heart is still lookin for somewhere to feel alright.
And no one knows the thoughts, the dreams,
and the ideas she's got andcontains inside.
She's broken apart and her heart is still lookin for somewhere to feel alright.

Maybe if I took a little time to talk then she'd heal a little if she wants to.
She can run but let's teach her how to walk away now.
I'll shake a little if she wants to she'll laugh a little if she needs to.
There's a key to the door that she's hiding behind.

I saw you in the hallway,
I bet thats what they all say,
you proba didnt even >notive< i was the loser,
who was starin at my shoes 'n', couldnt think of nothing to say.
I'm on the runway,
of a flight thats going one way,
on "corss your finger" airlines.
I'm picking up the pace, no frontin',
getting nervous in the worst way, here goes nothing

I saw her walkin over,
now that shes slowly movin closer,
wrote her a letter 'bout a week ago 'n', to my suprise
she replied and said:

You can hold me once, You can hold me twice, even better if the stars are good tonight.
You can hold me, be my one and only, this is the reply to the letter you sent me.

You told me to meet you after gym class,
but i forgot to get a hall pass,
and got sent to the office.
You tried to call me,
asked everyone around who saw me,
they didnt even notice.
You're on your way now,
movin' with your parents to some hick town,
a thousand miles away.
I'm in the playground,
with my memories, so much i could say now,
I still remember when.

Chorus

I'ts been awhile since we said "hi",
three hundred and sixty five days have gone by now,
and i could paint of picture of you.
I see you everytime i pass your locker,
remember the time we talked 'till siz a.m.
and im tired of missing you

i used to draw you pictures
back in grad school
you never could quite make them out
but you said you thought they were cool
we made a really good team
you and i and our acid washed jeans
looking back it was all so great
Vaurnet, chip n pepper, and vanilla ice tapes

its hard to get over
that she comes out in october
i really wish i could show her
how things have changed
but now that were so much older
i dont even really know her
some day she'll come over
we could hang

i saw you in
cosmopolitan
and your hair was down
and everybody liked you
remember way back when
back in grade seven
cause your hair was down
and everybody liked you

you were a smart girl
favorite day was earth day
forget what those jerks say
i dug you in the worst way
no doubt
cause you even went out and bought me
a boys in the hood soundtrack for my birthday

its hard to get over
she comes out in october
some day i could show her
things have changed
but now that were so much older
i dont even really know her
some day she'll come over
we can hang

hang around
hang around
hang around
hang around

and we could all tell
that you would be something
and we could all tell
stories to our friends
and we could all tell
it was now or nothing
and we could all tell
youd never be back again

This is the last day of our freshmen summer
text books n essays wait around the corner
saying goodby now to our best frieds
we'll try if we can to get home on the weekends

I gotta run now
go home and take a shower
we all can meet up
at your house in half an hour
I can't get ready any faster
we better make it quarter after

Runnin through the high school hallways
this is all we've known untill now
I don't evern wanna slow down
I'm packed, and I'm ready to go now
All the days we've been traveleing together
I won't even look over my shoulder
til I find a cure for getting older

Now we'll all split up and go our own ways
probably won't see each other the same ways
but no matter what happens
I'll never forget all the times we've had together