Won't Be Long - Aretha Franklin/Dusty Springfield/P.J. Proby and Led Zeppelin/Eva Cassidy

Won't Be Long

Baby, here I am by the railroad tracks waiting for my baby

'Cause he's coming back, coming back to me on the 503

And it won't be long, no, it won't be long

I've been so lonesome since the man has been gone

There ain't a thing worth mentioning, nothin' been going on

And that's why I know when the whistle blows

Yeah, that it won't be long, no, no, it won't be long

My daddy told me when he said goodbye

Yes, he did

"I'll be back, baby, baby, by and by"

And that's why I waited so doggone long, yeah

Can't you see how happy I am

Because the man is coming home

So now, here I be by the railroad tracks, oh, waiting for my baby

He's coming back, coming back to me on the 503

Yeah, and it won't be long, no, no, it won't be long

I ain't had no loving since you know when

He's a long-gone rooster and I'm a lonesome hen

And that's why I'm sure when the whistle blows

Yeah, that it won't be long, no, no, it won't be long

Mmm, and I'm so excited, my knees are shaking, yeah

Mr. Engineer, "Don't you keep me waiting, you hear me?"

Telling you, "Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry"

Baby, here I am, oh, by the railroad tracks

Waiting for my baby, he's coming back

Coming back to me, Lord, on the 503

Yeah, and it won't be long, no, it won't be long

Ahh, yeah, I know when the whistle blows

Hey, that it won't be long, no, no, it won't be long

I don't know about you, but I know, yeah, I know

That it won't be long, no, no, it won't be long

Said it won't be long, no, it won't be long