Patience

Waiting! Waiting! Waiting's so hard for me to do
Nothing seems to happen when I want it to
Wishing, hoping, wanting won't change my misery
So when I feel impatient this works for me

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I breathe in... breathe out!
Wiggle ‘n squiggle my shoulders - Shake the crazies all about
And then I count - (1-2-3-4-5) to ten (6-7-8-9-10)
And if I'm still impatient I do it all again

Sitting by the telephone wanting it to ring
I'm getting so impatient I can't do anything
But water takes awhile to boil and bread needs time to rise
Things happen when they're ready, there's no need to traumatize

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I hate it when somebody - makes me have to wait
Nothing makes me crazier than when I'm running late
When I start to lose it and it's feeling so unfair
Patience helps me keep myself from tearing out my hair

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Waiting at the movies on the ticket line, it moves so slowly,
Hey! this is an opportunity to be..... Patient!
My homework special project came out so, so good,
I can't wait to find out what grade I got, I have to be..... Patient!
My birthday is next Friday, I think I know what I'm getting for a present. It's just so hard to be..... Patient!

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1-2-3... 4-5-6... 7-8-9... 10 Ahhhh! That's better!

© 2005 Smilin' Atcha Music, Inc./ Pam-O-Land (ASCAP)

Written by Red Grammer and Pamela Phillips Oland

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