Lagu tersebut menjadi bagian dari album studio ketiga miliknya yang bertajuk No Secrets.
Album bergenre pop-rock tersebut dirilis pada 16 November 1972 melalui Elektra Records.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Waited So Long” dari Carly Simon:
A E A
Please tell my sweet mother
E A A7
Go on now, tell uncle Paul
D E
Tell all my girlfriends
F#m F6
Not to wait for me
A F
Daddy, I'm no virgin
E D A
And I've already waited too long
A E A
Raise up your eyebrows
E A A7
Raise, I said raise your glasses with a song
D D F#m Dm A
But don't expect me to be home tonight
A E
Daddy, I'm sorry
E D A
But I've already waited too long
C F
I met a boy with eyes of green
C F
The warmest eyes I'd ever seen
C Dm7
He gave his lovin' love to me
G F A
The way I've always heard it would be
A E
Daddy, please forgive me
E D A
And I've already waited so long
A E A
So blow, blow, blow out the candles
E A A7
Make my bed wide and long
D E
Tell all my girlfriends
F#m Dm
Not to wait for me
A F
Daddy, I'm no virgin
E D A
I said I've already waited too long
A E
Daddy, I'm sorry
E D A
But I've already waited so long
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