I'm not telling you to wait, oh I'm not telling you to wait on me, no I'm not telling you to wait, but I'm hoping that you'll wait I know this may not be my place But I got something I should say to you Sometimes I'm in a different space But that don't change the way I feel for you (I do) This may not be the best time I got a lot going inside my mind Don't think for a minute that I'm a fool Don't know what I'll do if I lose you You need someone who will be there to hold you I can't even say that it's fair, but I do Hope you know I'll always be here if you need me What I gotta say isn't easy If you gotta leave Girl, I won't stop you, so do what you gotta do I don't want you to go But I got a few things in life that I gotta do I'm not telling you to wait I'm not telling you to wait on me I'm not telling you to wait I'm not telling you to wait on me But I'm hoping that you'll wait Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait I told you when I met you, girl, that I would need patience You said that you understood so I thought that you could take it We have a real good thing Nothing should come between us Now you want some things I never promised You say something missing, I was always honest Telling you the way that I felt for you Could be something real that I never knew You need someone who will be there to hold you I can't even say that it's fair, but I do Hope you know I'll always be here if you need me What I gotta say isn't easy If you gotta leave (if you gotta go) Girl, I won't stop you, so do what you gotta do I don't want you to go But I got a few things in life that I gotta do I'm not telling you to wait I'm not telling you to wait on me I'm not telling you to wait I'm not telling you to wait on me But I'm hoping that you'll wait But I'm hoping that you'll wait But I'm hoping that you'll wait Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait