Well baby, there you stand
With your little head down in your hand Oh my God, you can’t believe it’s happening again Your baby’s gone and you’re all alone And it looks like the endBack out on the street
And you’re trying to remember, oh How do you start it over You don’t know if you can You don’t care much for a stranger’s touch But you can’t hold your manYou never thought you’d be alone
This far down the line But I know what’s been on your mind You’re afraid it’s all been wasted timeThe autumn leaves have got you thinking
About the first time that you fell, fell You didn’t love the boy too much No, no you just loved the boy too well, yeahSo you live from day to day
And you dream about tomorrow And the hours go by like minutes And the shadows come to stay So you take a little something to make them go awayAnd I could have done so many things, baby
If I could only stop my mind From wondering what I left behind And from worrying about this wasted timeThe love has come and gone
The years keep rushing on I remember what you told me Before you went out on your own Sometimes to keep it together You got to leave it aloneSo you can get on with your search, baby
And I can get on with mine Maybe someday we will find That it wasn’t really wasted time