<Tr> <Td> "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" (1997) </Td> <Td> "I Don't Want to Wait" (1997) </Td> <Td> "Me" (1998) </Td> </Tr> <P> "I Don't Want to Wait" is a song written, performed and produced by Paula Cole . It was Cole's second single from her album This Fire and later served as the opening theme for the TV series Dawson's Creek . Cole wrote the song and recorded a demo in April 1991 but did not record it for release until 1996 . The single ranked at No. 10 on the 1998 Billboard Hot 100 singles chart year - end summary . The single spent the most consecutive weeks in the top 50 without cracking the top 10, just missing out at No. 11 . The single, with a 56 - week - long run, is among the list of the 32 songs in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to have had a chart run longer than 50 weeks . </P> <P> VH1 ranked it as one of the 100 Greatest Songs of the' 90s at No. 81 . </P> <P> The music video for the song was directed by Mark Seliger and Fred Woodward . It was one of Cole's first videos, and was based on the concept of a woman who was immortal and had lovers in different time periods, all of whom died . The cut of the video was originally in chronological order, but for unknown reasons, a cut that was out of order was more frequently aired which led to the directors taking their name off the video, replacing it with the common moniker Alan Smithee . </P>

I don't want to wait for our lives to be over song