Well we all gonna see a great empire ncut down in its primenSee its fruit die on the vinenIn prime time color timennAnd there are millions in this world that mercy will not touch,nbut they don't mind that muchnCause that's the way life's always beennnBut you don't wanna hear 'bout that from me,nI know, I know my placenAnd God know I don't belongnSinging a worthless freedom songnnIt's all a waste of timenIt's all a waste of timennThe pretty girl who lives next door,nshe don't know how to lienWhen I look into her eyes,nI can see the day I'm gonna diennAll that water flows through the cracks and holes in the silver reservoirnWhere your never truly far,nfrom someone who's exactly like you nnIt's all a waste of timenIt's all a waste of timennRock 'n' Roll makes me feel guiltynI've got no defensenMy sadness makes no sensenI'm gettin' rich and I'm makin' new friendsnnAll I've found is it gets colder further north you gonIt's pissin' rain and snownIt's the world I don't want to knownnIt's all a waste of timenIt's all a waste of timennYou take it from menYou leave it behindnAh, you take it from menYou leave it behindnAh, you take if from menYou leave it behind