I know you been waiting so long

Mm, I know you been waiting, huh

I been away for so long, you been staying so strong

Sending messages, hoping I make it back home

Road to riches, ain't no place for love

Surprise visits, anything to see her face lit up

Forty-two hundred miles, the time change on the dial

You glad I'm living my dreams, but I'll be gone for a while

Bittersweet just like that lemon drop you always order

But now, another nine months, you only drinking water

Another daughter, put my message on a tape recorder

And play it for her and her sister 'til I make it over

I'm making more than I fathom and I ain't trusting no one

I gotta bring it back home and show why daddy ain't show up

Hurry 'fore they grow up

Uh, I know you been waiting so long

Uh, I know you been waiting so long

Got your outfit picked out for the day I come home

I know you been waiting so long

When the days going slow, just rewind this song, huh, huh

I know you been waiting so long

Pictures of you in my wallet, got your heart in my pocket

Wear my heart on my sleeve 'cause I was never into watches

Used to think that time would slow down when I look at it

Nowadays, they looking at my wrist to guess my tax bracket

Guessing what I make, guessing who I love, huh

Guessing who I'm laying down with and all above

I got babies waiting on me, I got money on my mind

Gotta keep the fridge full and bullshit away from mine

I'll be back in due time with something to show for it

Still, I'm making you smile, roses at the front door

Gotta go away now, still, I'm missing you more

Just rewind this back again until I make it back home

Hopefully you not gone

Uh, I know you been waiting so long

Uh, I know you been waiting so long

Got your outfit picked out for the day I come home

I know you been waiting so long

When the days going slow, just rewind this song, huh, huh

I know you been waiting so long