I'M STILL WAITING
(Deke Richards)

Diana Ross - 1970
G.T. Moore & The Reggae Guitars - 1974
Zeitia - 1978
Scherrie Payne - 1989
Faye Wong - 1990
Courtney Pine & Carroll Thompson - 1990



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 it will surely come 
Ooh, little girl, please don't wait for me 
Wait patiently for love 
Someday it will surely come 
And I'm still waiting 

I'm waiting 
Ooh, still waiting 
(I'm just a fool) 
Oh, I'm a fool 
(I'm just a fool to keep waiting) 
To keep waiting (I'm just a fool) for you 
(I'm just a fool) ooh, I'm waiting 
(I'm just a fool) I'm still waiting 
(I'm just a fool to keep waiting) for love 
(I'm just a fool) for you (I'm just a fool) 

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 it will surely come 
Ooh, little girl please don't wait for me 
Wait patiently for love
Someday it will surely come 
And I'm still waiting 

Love has never shown its 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 

(I'm just a fool) 
Don't you know I'm waiting 
(I'm just a fool to keep waiting) 
Ooh, I'm waiting (I'm just a fool) for love 
(I'm just a fool) 
For you (I'm just a fool), I miss you 
(I'm just a fool to keep waiting) 
Ooh, I'm waiting 
(I'm just a fool) 
Come on back, boy 
(I'm just a fool) 
Come back, come back, come back boy 
(I'm just a fool to keep waiting) 
Ooh, I need ya 
(I'm just a fool) 
Ooh-ooh, and I want'cha 
(I'm just a fool)
That's what my friends said
(I'm just a fool)
A fool, but I still love ya


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - January 2018)