Why Did You Wait
Jean Shepard · The Melody Ranch Girl [Bear Family (Germany)] [1996]
(Clyde Wilson - Bettie Westergard)
Why did you wait to prove to be untrue
Why did you change what's come over you
What made you stop a caryin' for me
Why did you wait till we had a family?
Why did you wait till a baby was born
Think of the shame look at the harm
Think of what you've done to your baby and me
Why did you wait till we had a family?
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I'd rather be dead than to tell her the news
Your daddy's traded us for bright lights and booze
I can see her little face as she cries in misery
Why don't my daddy stay with my mommy and me.
Why did you wait till a baby was born
Think of the shame look at the harm
Think of what you've done to your baby and me
Why did you wait till we had a family?...
Why did you wait to prove to be untrue
Why did you change what's come over you
What made you stop a caryin' for me
Why did you wait till we had a family?
Why did you wait till a baby was born
Think of the shame look at the harm
Think of what you've done to your baby and me
Why did you wait till we had a family?
--- Instrumental ---
I'd rather be dead than to tell her the news
Your daddy's traded us for bright lights and booze
I can see her little face as she cries in misery
Why don't my daddy stay with my mommy and me.
Why did you wait till a baby was born
Think of the shame look at the harm
Think of what you've done to your baby and me
Why did you wait till we had a family?...