Wasted Time
Well baby, there you standWith your little head, down in your handOh, my God, you can't believe it's happening againYour baby's gone, and you're all aloneAnd it looks like the end
And you're back out on the streetAnd you're tryin' to rememberHow do you start it over?You don't know if you canYou don't care much for a stranger's touch,But you can't hold your man
You never thought you'd be alone this far down the lineAnd I know what's been on your mindYou're afraid it's all been wasted time
The autumn leaves have got you thinkingAbout the first time that you fellYou didn't love the boy too muchNo, no, you just loved the boy too well,Farewell
So you live from day to day, and you dream about tomorrow, ohAnd the hours go by like minutes and the shadows come to staySo you take a little something to make them go away
And I could have done so many things, babyIf I could only stop my mindFrom wonderin' what I left behindAnd from worrying 'bout this wasted time
Oh, another love has come and goneOh, and the years keep rushing onI remember what you told me before you went out on your own:"Sometimes to keep it together, we got to leave it alone."
So you can get on with your search, baby,And I can get on with mineAnd maybe someday we will findThat it wasn't really wasted time