[Intro] Mmm… yeah… I was just waiting… For something real… ⸻ [Verse 1] I used to sit on my front porch swing Watch the world pass like it meant everything Had my heart in a jar, sealed up tight Saving every piece for the right damn night Folks said “boy, you’re wastin’ time” But I knew love don’t follow no straight line So I let the hours roll on slow Waitin’ on a truth I didn’t yet know ⸻ [Pre-Chorus 1] Every goodbye that I never chased Every hand I never would take I swear I felt somethin’ deep inside Like you were out there in the tide ⸻ [Chorus 1] I was waitin’ for love, waitin’ on the right moment Like a song still burnin’ but the radio wasn’t on it Holdin’ out for a flame that I could call mine Like Tennessee whiskey in a glass over time Yeah, I was waitin’… just waitin’ on you And I didn’t even know the shape of the truth ⸻ [Verse 2] Met a few hearts that came and went Like dust on the wind, never really meant To settle down in the bones of me Just lessons carved in memory I learned silence can sound like prayer When you’re talkin’ to a love not there And I kept my faith in the dark so long Singin’ to a life that felt half gone ⸻ [Pre-Chorus 2] But every road I didn’t take Was just space for your footsteps to make I didn’t know what I was waitin’ for Until you came knockin’ on my door ⸻ [Chorus 2] I was waitin’ for love, waitin’ on the right moment Like a fire in the night that was finally goin’ Through every mile, every wrong I tried Led me straight to your eyes Yeah, I was waitin’… but now I see You were already waitin’ on me ⸻ [Verse 3] Now I sit where I used to be alone But it don’t feel like waitin’ anymore, no Your hand in mine, same porch light glow Turned all my silence into “I know” Funny how the right thing feels like home Like it always knew where I’d grown All those years I thought I was lost Were just the roads that brought us across ⸻ [Pre-Chorus 3] And every doubt I used to hold Fell away when I let it go You didn’t rush, you didn’t break You were the time that love would take ⸻ [Chorus 3] I was waitin’ for love, waitin’ on the right moment Like a slow-dripped dream finally overflowin’ Every tear, every prayer I tried Led me right to your side Yeah, I was waitin’… but now I see You were the wait that was waitin’ on me ⸻ [Interlude] Mmm… Yeah… Just waitin’… Mmm… ⸻ [Bridge] I don’t need forever to know it’s real I don’t need riches to say how I feel All I needed was time to find The kind of love that don’t leave you behind And if I had to wait all my days I’d still walk the same damn way ‘Cause every second led me through To the moment I found you ⸻ [Outro] I was waitin’… Yeah, I was waitin’… But I was always… Waitin’ for you…
