Lyrics

I Tried To Wait

Words and Music by Ellis Glover

When we were twelve, we carved into a tree,
Eternity
So how could it be, that you could love
Anyone but me?

When we were wed, we were just seventeen
And life was mean and green.
But I believed our love played out beyond
That one-room scene.

Oh, I tried to wait, to hesitate,
but the word you sent, well, it came too late.

Then came the rain, then came the pain,
then came the time for me to catch that plane.

Before you left, a child had been conceived,
Cut loose and then was grieved
by me alone lamenting sweet loves lost,
Sent but not received.
(Chorus, etc.)