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Standing at the back door
She tried to make it fast
One tear hit the hard wood
It fell like broken glass
She said sometimes love slips away
And you just can't get it back
Let's face it
For one split second
She almost turned around
But that would be like pouring rain drops
Back into a cloud
So she took another step and said
I see the way out, and I'm gonna take it
I don't wanna spend my life jaded
Waiting to wake up one day and find
That I let all these years go by
Wasted
Another glass of whiskey but it still don't kill the pain
So he stumbles to the sink and pours it down the drain
He said it's time to be a man and stop living for yesterday
Gotta face it
'Cause I don't wanna spend my life jaded
Waiting to wake up one day and find
That I let all these years go by
Wasted
Oh, I don't wanna keep on wishing, missing
The still of the morning, the color of the night
I ain't spending no more time
Wasted
She kept drivin' along
Till the moon and the sun were floating side-by-side
He looked in the mirror and his eyes were clear
For the first time in a while, hey, yeah
Oh, I don't wanna spend my life jaded
Waiting to wake up one day and find
That I let all these years go by
Wasted
Oh, I don't wanna keep on wishing, missing
The still of the morning, the color of the night
I ain't spending no more time
Wasted
Oh, I don't wanna spend my life jaded
Waiting to wake up one day and find
That I let all these years go by
Wasted, yeah, yeah
Oh, I don't wanna keep on wishing, missing
The still of the morning, the color of the night
I ain't spending no more time
Wasted
She tried to make it fast
One tear hit the hard wood
It fell like broken glass
She said sometimes love slips away
And you just can't get it back
Let's face it
For one split second
She almost turned around
But that would be like pouring rain drops
Back into a cloud
So she took another step and said
I see the way out, and I'm gonna take it
I don't wanna spend my life jaded
Waiting to wake up one day and find
That I let all these years go by
Wasted
Another glass of whiskey but it still don't kill the pain
So he stumbles to the sink and pours it down the drain
He said it's time to be a man and stop living for yesterday
Gotta face it
'Cause I don't wanna spend my life jaded
Waiting to wake up one day and find
That I let all these years go by
Wasted
Oh, I don't wanna keep on wishing, missing
The still of the morning, the color of the night
I ain't spending no more time
Wasted
She kept drivin' along
Till the moon and the sun were floating side-by-side
He looked in the mirror and his eyes were clear
For the first time in a while, hey, yeah
Oh, I don't wanna spend my life jaded
Waiting to wake up one day and find
That I let all these years go by
Wasted
Oh, I don't wanna keep on wishing, missing
The still of the morning, the color of the night
I ain't spending no more time
Wasted
Oh, I don't wanna spend my life jaded
Waiting to wake up one day and find
That I let all these years go by
Wasted, yeah, yeah
Oh, I don't wanna keep on wishing, missing
The still of the morning, the color of the night
I ain't spending no more time
Wasted
Lyrics submitted by Major Music Man
Track duration: 04:34
"Wasted" as written by Troy Verges, Marv Green, Hillary Lee Lindsey
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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adjective /ˈjādid/
Tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something
- meals to tempt the most jaded appetites
Well this is certainly out of character for me but I have to comment on this song. This is one of my ex-wife's top ten favorite songs so I had to research it and everything available online about it.
I may be way off the mark here but I believe that this song has little to do with alcohol abuse and everything to do with worn out relationships! I think that "wasted" is referring to the women's sense of not living a fulfilling life anymore with her current partner. The guy figures out that he's not helping the problem by drinking his sorrows away AFTER she left him and decides to pour the drink down the drain. It's very clever that the song writer justifies her leaving by having the man decide to "be a man" alleviate her guilt for leaving him in the first place, instead of doing what people do in any successful relation - work it out, reinvent it, keep it fresh, invest in it, build on the mutual respect for each other instead of doing things that tear away at it, honor your vows and your commitment to the one that you chose as a life partner in the first place. TB
when she says:
"I don't wanna spend my life jaded
Waiting to wake up one day and find
That I let all these years go by
Wasted "
its like she's saying that she does't want to waste these years she's got, she wants to live for now and be happy.
but then she says:
"Oh I don't wanna keep on wishing, missing
The still of the morning, the color of the night
I ain't spending no more time
Wasted"
which makesit sound like she has a drink problem and is always drunk. and now she doesnt want to spend it drunk, but sober. and because the bit before that talks about him drinking wisky but then throws it away because it doesnt help him.
thats what i think anyway. basically i love this song.
The end of the song it sounds like he stoped drinking but it was already to late and she was gone... She had let go and was trying to move on.... At the end of the music video it looks like either he is asking her to come back or she is saying good bye to him... or something similar im not totally sure.... but it doesnt seem like she is going to go back to him....
I absolutly LOVE this song, partially because I can relate to it alot, and partially because I like Carrie herself... she has such a beautiful voice and her songs are awsome... =)
this song helped me so much to get over my ex-bf.
she has such a good voice.
I LOVE this song!!
I agree with headoverheels!!! It's not a break-up song.
She loved him but realized she was waisting her life with him, so she left. He then realized what he had done by drinking, waisting his own life and pushing her away and then went after her. (the song doesn't state this, but it's what happens in the video)