Wasted years been brainwashed by lies
Oh yes I have
Oh wasted years

I'm talking about wasted years
Oh I'm not seeing eye-to-eye
I just can't see the things I should see

Wasted years, baby
I was taking the wrong advice
I know you was, I know you was

And I was too
All alone I'm travelling
Travelling through these wasted years

For so long, so long, so long I was
Oh, I must have gained some wisdom
Down through the years I did

Somewhere along the way
Oh yes, I did, oh yes I did
Thet's why there can't be no more

No more
No more wasted years today
I got wise, I got wise to myself

Well baby the great sadness
Oh, you've got to let it all go
Oh yeah, oh yeah Van

Live in the present
Live in the future John Lee, ain't that so
Oh, it's a sad feeling, oh yeah

Oh, you've gotta find something
To carry you through, carry you through,
carry you through

I've learned my lesson
I ain't gonna do it no more, yeah
Now Van

Now John
I've learned my lesson
I should have a long time ago

That's right
All these wasted years, wasted years
I finally woke up and got wise

I ain't gonna be, ain't gonna be no fool no more
Now Van, now Van
Ain't gonna be nobody's body's fool no more

Sing the song Van, sing it with me
Well all alone, all alone I've been travelling
Yeah

Travelling all along through these wasted years
Dark, dark wasted years
So dark here

Dark, dark, dark, dark wasted years
I must have gained something
Yeah

Oh travelling along the lonely way
Yeah, I've learned a lesson
I'm gonna make damn sure baby, make damn sure

There's no more wasted years today