Lyrics to
I’m Still Waiting

This version of I’M Still Waiting was released by Diana Ross in 1970.

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I remember when
I was five and you were ten, boy
You knew that I was shy
So you teased and made me cry
But I loved you

Then one day you came
You told me you were leaving
You gave your folks the blame
And made me cry again
When you said

Little girl
Please don’t wait for me
Wait patiently for love
Someday will surely come
Ooh, little girl
Please don’t wait for me
Wait patiently for love
Someday will surely come
And I’m still waiting

I’m waiting
Ooh, still waiting
I’m just a fool
Ooh, I’m a fool
To keep waiting

Then someone finally came
He told me that he loved me
I put him off with lies
He could see I had no eyes
So he left me once again alone
Like a child without her playmate
I had to face the truth
I was still in love with you
But you said:

Little girl
Please don’t wait for me
Wait patiently for love
Someday will surely come
Ooh, little girl
Please don’t wait for me
Wait patiently for love
Someday will surely come
And I’m still waiting

Love has never shown his face
Since the day you walked out that door
You filled my life with empty space
Come back
Can’t you see it’s you I’m waiting for

Don’t you know I’m waiting
I’m waiting for love
For you, I miss you
I’m waiting
Come on back, boy
I need you
I want you
That’s what my friends says

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About Lyrics and I’M Still Waiting by Diana Ross

The lyrics for I’M Still Waiting are defined as the words making up the song released by Diana Ross in 1970. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to I’M Still Waiting have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Diana Ross and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to I’M Still Waiting by Diana Ross if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to I’M Still Waiting" means the words set to the music of I’M Still Waiting, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Diana Ross. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to I’M Still Waiting and the lyrics to I’M Still Waiting are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Diana Ross who came here looking just for the lyrics to I’M Still Waiting, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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