Waiting for the miracle

Baby, I've been waiting

I've been waiting night and day.

I didn't see the time

I waited half my life away.

There were lots of invitations

and I know you sent me some

but I was waiting

for the miracle, for the miracle to come.

I know you really loved me.

but, you see, my hands were tied.

I know it must have hurt you

it must have hurt your pride

to have to stand beneath my window

with your bugle and your drum

and me I'm up there waiting

for the miracle, for the miracle to come.

Ah I don't believe you'd like it

You wouldn't like it here.

There ain't no entertainment

and the judgements are severe.

The Maestro says it's Mozart

but it sounds like bubble gum

when you're waiting

for the miracle, for the miracle to come.

Waiting for the miracle

There's nothing left to do.

I haven't been this happy

since the end of World War II.

Nothing left to do

when you know that you've been taken.

Nothing left to do

when you're begging for a crumb

Nothing left to do

when you've got to go on waiting

waiting for the miracle to come.

I dreamed about you, baby.

It was just the other night.

Most of you was naked

Ah but some of you was light.

The sands of time were falling

from your fingers and your thumb1

and you were waiting

for the miracle, for the miracle to come.

Ah baby, let's get married

we've been alone too long.

Let's be alone together.

Let's see if we're that strong.

Yeah let's do something crazy

something absolutely wrong

while we're waiting

for the miracle, for the miracle to come.

Nothing left to do

when you know that you've been taken.

Nothing left to do

when you're begging for a crumb

Nothing left to do

when you've got to go on waiting

waiting for the miracle to come.

When you've fallen on the highway

and you're lying in the rain

and they ask you how you're doing

of course you'll say you can't complain --

If you're squeezed for information

that's when you've got to play it dumb:

You just say you're out there waiting

for the miracle, for the miracle to come.