i heard about a great big swindel   i read about it in a book   the book flew out the window   was later found by geeks and crooks      now theyre singing hallelujah   i wondering just what did they find   they said eh what's it to yah   just take a place in line      and wait, so i wait   i wait, and wait and i...      i'n one of a few survivors   and a drawer labeled lost and found   though troubled and some deep sea divers   whos oxygens are pouring out      now maybe if their gods be willin   they'll give us something to fill our empty cups   sit down in the boat dont spill it   or we'll just have to line back up      and wait, so we wait   we wait and wait yes we wait   and we wait   we can wait   we will wait till we...      guitar solo rawr      you can hear it in the beat they march to   you can feel the earth shake when they start to dance   you can tell by the way they move you   its not murder its an act of faith baby      and as the world moves faster   whip lashing us around and round   its quite a slow disaster   and people keep on falling down      yes we wait, we wait   and we wait   we wait   and we wait   we wait