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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

The Waiting

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The Waiting was released on May 5, 1981 by Geffen* as a part of the album Hard Promises

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Tom Petty

Vocals

Benmont Tench

Keyboards

Mike Campbell

Lead Guitar

Phil Jones

Percussion

Stan Lynch

Drums

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Tom Petty

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Jimmy Iovine

Producer

Tom Petty

Producer

Shelly Yakus

Engineer

Brad Gilderman

Assistant Recording Engineer

Tori Swenson

Assistant Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Oh, baby, don't it feel like Heaven right now?

Don't it feel like somethin' from a dream?

Yeah, I've never known nothin' quite like this

Don't it feel like tonight might never be again?

Baby, we know better than to try and pretend

Oh, yeah, no one could have ever told me 'bout this

Is that yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah)

[Chorus]

The waiting is the hardest part

Every day you see one more card

You take it on faith, you take it to the heart

The waitin' is the hardest part

[Verse 2]

Well, yeah, I might've chased

A couple women around

All it ever got me was down

Yeah, then there was those

That made me feel good

But never as good as I feel right now

Baby, you're the only one

That's ever known how

To make me wanna live

Like I wanna live now

Say, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah)

[Chorus]

The waiting is the hardest part

Every day you get one more yard

You take it on faith, you take it to the heart

The waiting is the hardest part

[Bridge]

Oh, don't let it kill you, baby

Don't let it get to you

Don't let 'em kill you, baby

Don't let 'em get to you

I'll be your bleedin' heart

I'll be your cryin' fool

Don't let this go too far

Don't let it get to you

[Chorus]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah)

The waiting is the hardest part

Every day you get one more yard

You take it on faith, you take it to the heart

The waiting is the hardest part

[Chorus]

Yeah, the waiting is the hardest part

[Outro]

Oh

Is the hardest part

Whoa

Is the hardest part

Written by: Tom Petty

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