Like a race that seems it'll never be won Or a holiday that just won't come The end is near but it's like you've just begun When the whole is greater than the sum of its parts Try telling that to a lonely heart That sputters and it needs some help to start If waiting is what you're doing now Can someone show me how It's wishing for the night to end With dreams of sleep that don't begin You wait all day and do it all again It's the song that you cannot complete With a melody so bittersweet The rhythm of the words just retreat If waiting is what you're doing now Can someone show me how Everything comes to those who wait If you have a tougher skin They never ever mention the state You wind up in If waiting is what you're doing now Can someone show me Waiting is what you're doing now Can someone show me Waiting is what you're doing now Can someone show me how