I can’t wait to see my baby
I haven’t seen her for far, far, far too long
I can’t wait to see my baby
I’m so happy, I’m gonna write her a brand-new song
I can’t wait to see my baby
I miss her more than the whole, whole, whole wide world
I can’t wait to see my baby
I can’t help it, she’s my one-one-wonder girl
Too much time I let fly by
So I’m on my way to see her today
Now the sun has come out and brightened up my sky
And my dark clouds have been blown away
I can’t wait to see my baby
I don’t see her as much as I want to
I can’t wait to see my baby
I made her a promise, and so help me I’ll follow through
I can’t wait to see my baby
It isn’t easy, living on two different coasts
I can’t wait to see my baby
There’s only so much time so we’re gonna make the most
I moved heaven and earth so I could make the time for her
I just hope that she can make the time for me
And I’m always this happy when I can get to see her
I just hope she’ll be as happy to see me
You see, to me, she is everything
More than the whole world’s honor and wealth
She’s all I’m living for, and I love her more
Than life itself
 
I can’t wait to see my baby
It’s always hard when we have to say goodbye
I can’t wait to see my baby
It has to happen, and when it does we both cry
I can’t wait to see my baby
I pray that there’ll always be a next time
I can’t wait to see my baby
Till then, the good times are the best times
The times we are together are so precious and few
And every day in between is like a year
It’s so hard to make it happen and when we finally do
I don’t want anything to interfere
Well, today’s the day, and when I finally see her
I’ll throw my arms around her and hold her tight
And whatever she wants to do, I’ll treat her
There’s so much lost time to make up and make right
You see, to me, she is the universe
You don’t need any further proof
Down to my very soul, more than the rock and the roll
And that’s the truth
©2023 The Hesh Inc.
This song is exactly what the title & refrain say it is ... a song about a father's anticipation of seeing his beloved daughter, whom he doesn't get to see often. I wrote the music—an uptempo, power-pop rocker reminiscent of Greg Kihn's hits, or of Bruce Springsteen's River-era outtakes—while I was living in Philadelphia in the mid-1990s, well before the subject, my younger daughter, was born. I jammed on it with various groups of musicians (I hesitate to call them "bands") but ultimately didn't proceed any further with it at the time; over the years, I wrote several lyrics to the tune but none of them seemed to fit. Then, in July 2022 as I was getting ready to visit her in Los Angeles, the idea for using the phrase "I can't wait to see my baby" as a refrain came to me, but the lyrics themselves didn't get written till a year later, as I was mulling over plans to go visit her again. Not recorded yet, but I plan on including it in my as-yet-unnamed "piano power pop project," to be recorded sometime in 2023-2024.