DON'T YOU WAIT BY THE WATER
Writer: Melanie Safka
Publishers: Bienstock Publishing Company (ASCAP)/Quartet Music (ASCAP)
From the album GARDEN IN THE CITY (1972)

Don't you wait no, by the water, no don't
You'll wait so hard, you'll wait so long
You'll look so far, you'll look so wide
You'll see a boat, but it won't be mine

Oh once you told me, you told me you'd be mine
And in no other pleasure find
You went away, you lied then
It's my lonely time dear
I never loved, I'm never gonna love again

Oh fair thee well, my pretty man
Goodbye my old man, goodbye my friends
Never mind the tears, never mind the love
First you're gonna look dear, then I'll be gone

Oh don't you wait, no, by the water
You'll wait so hard, you'll wait so long
You'll look so far, you'll look so wide
You'll see a boat, but it won't it be mine