[Verse 1]

I've heard about a great big swindle

I read about it in a book

The book flew out the window

Was later found by thieves and crooks

And now they're singing hallelujah

I'm wondering, just what did they find

They say "what's it to ya?"

Just take a place in line

[Chorus]

And wait

So I wait

I wait and wait

And I

[Verse 2]

I'm one of a few survivors

In a drawer labeled "lost and found"

Moon travelers and deep sea divers

Whose oxygen supply ran out

Now maybe if their gods be willing

They'll give us something, fill our empty cups

Sit down in the boat, don't spill it

Or we'll just have to line back up

[Chorus]

And wait

So we wait

We wait and wait

Yes, we wait

And we wait

We will wait

We will wait

'Til we

[Verse 3]

You can hear it in the beat they march to

And you can feel the Earth shake when they start to dance

You can tell by the way they move you

It's not murder, it's an act of faith, baby

And as the world moves faster

Whiplashing us around and round

It's quite a slow disaster

But people keep on falling down

[Chorus]

As we wait

We wait, yeah

And we wait

We wait

And we wait

We wait

Hallelujah