Can’t Wait (Alternate Version from ”Oh Mercy”)

[Spoken Intro]
If we do it in … how about B flat?

[Verse 1]
I can't wait, wait for you to change your mind
I can't wait, waitin' just makin' me go blind
Did you ever lay awake at night, your face turned to the wall
Drowning in your thoughtlessness, and cut off from it all?
I don't know, maybe for you it's not that late
But as for me, don't know how much longer I can wait

[Verse 2]
It's got to end, everything about it just feels wrong
I pretend, being close to her is where I don't belong
Well, my back is to the sun because the light is too intense
I can see what everybody in the world is up against
I'll stay here, where I can feel the hand of fate
And I don't know, how much longer I can wait

[Verse 3]
Skies are grey, life is short, and I think of her a lot
I can't say if I want the pain to end or not
Well, the blindness overtaking me is beating like a drum
I don't know where it starts or where it's comin' from
That's how it is, when I try to concentrate
And I don't know, how much longer I can wait

[Bridge]
I've been drinkin'
Drinkin' forbidden juices
I've been livin'
Livin' on lame excuses

[Verse 4]
My hands are cold, the end of time has just begun
I'm gettin' old, anything can happen now to anyone
I walk across the floor 'til I wear out my shoes
Think you've lost it all, there's always more to lose
Not so clear, she can keep my head on straight
And I don't know, how much longer I can wait