Songwriter: Deke Richards
Producer: Hal Davis Deke Richards
[Verse 1]
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
[Hook]
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
[Chorus]
I'm waiting
Ooh, still waiting
I'm just a fool
Ooh, I'm a fool
To keep waiting
For you
I'm waiting
Ooh, still waiting
Fot love
For you
[Verse 2]
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
[Hook]
Little girl
Please don't wait for me
Wait patiently for love
Someday will surely come
Little girl
Please don't wait for me
Wait patiently for love
Someday will surely come
And I'm still waiting
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
Don't you know I'm waiting
I'm waiting for love
For you
I miss you
I'm waiting
Come on back, boy
Come on back
Come on back
Come on back, boy
I need you
I want you
That's what my friends says
Oh buh huh
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
[Hook]
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
[Chorus]
I'm waiting
Ooh, still waiting
I'm just a fool
Ooh, I'm a fool
To keep waiting
For you
I'm waiting
Ooh, still waiting
Fot love
For you
[Verse 2]
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
[Hook]
Little girl
Please don't wait for me
Wait patiently for love
Someday will surely come
Little girl
Please don't wait for me
Wait patiently for love
Someday will surely come
And I'm still waiting
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
Don't you know I'm waiting
I'm waiting for love
For you
I miss you
I'm waiting
Come on back, boy
Come on back
Come on back
Come on back, boy
I need you
I want you
That's what my friends says
Oh buh huh
more tracks from the album
Diana Ross (1970)
- Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)
- Now That There’s You (Alternate vocal version)
- These Things Will Keep Me Loving You
- Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (Alternate mix)
- Love’s Lines, Angles and Rhymes
- Keep an Eye
- Dark Side of the World
- Can’t It Wait Until Tomorrow
- Now That There’s You
- Time and Love
- The Interim
- Stoney End
- I Wouldn’t Change the Man He Is
- You’re All I Need to Get By
- Something on My Mind (Live)
- Something on My Mind
- Where There Was Darkness
- Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
- These Things Will Keep Me Loving You (Alternate mix)
From the albums
- Everything Is Everything (1970)
- Diana Ross Anthology (1983 Edition) (1983)
- Diana Ross Anthology (1986 Edition) (1986)
- Their Very Best – Back To Back (1986)
- Love Songs (1987)
- Voice of Love (1996)
- The Love Songs Album (40 of the Greatest Ever Love Songs) (2006)
- The Complete Motown Singles | Vol. 11B: 1971 (2009)
Diana Ross popular songs
- I’m Coming Out
- Upside Down
- Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
- Ease on Down the Road #1
- It’s Your Move
- If We Hold On Together
- The Boss
- Missing You
- Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To)
- When You Tell Me That You Love Me
- Chain Reaction
- He Lives in You
- Love Hangover
- Touch Me in the Morning
- Do You Know Where Youre Going To
- It’s My House
- I’m Still Waiting
- A Brand New Day
- Always and Forever
- If You’re Not Gonna Love Me Right (Crenshaw Records version)
- Once in the Morning
- That’s How You Start Over
- Love Me (Japanese quadraphonic edition)
- Ain’t Nothin’ But a Maybe