Lyrics to
Wasted

This version of Wasted was released by Donna Summer in 1976.

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Wasted
I’m so wasted
Empty since you left me
I still need him and want him
Without him I’m nothing
If I can’t do something
To get him to come home on to me

Wasted
Love’s been wasted
Guess I’m not too brainy
I was selfish and foolish
I used and abused him
And laughed when he threatened to walk out
But now he’s done it

He was like the moon
He had his darker side
But he could be the sun
Shinning in the light

Wasted
Sure I’m wasted
Knowing he don’t love me
Such a sad thing about him
To know that I love him
And nothing I say or I do will return
Say I’m wasted

He was like the moon
He had his darker side
But he could be the sun
Shinning in the light

Wasted
Sure I’m wasted
Knowing he don’t love me
Wasted
Sure I’m wasted
Knowing he don’t love me..

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Donna Summer has released many songs over the years besides Wasted. Donna Summer released songs from 1974 to 1996 spanning across albums like Lady Of The Night, Love To Love You Baby, Four Seasons Of Love, A Love Trilogy, Once Upon A Time, I Remember Yesterday, Live And More, Bad Girls, The Wanderer, Donna Summer, She Works Hard For The Money, Cats Without Claws, All Systems Go, Another Place And Time, Mistaken Identity, Christmas Spirit, and I'm A Rainbow. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Donna Summer.

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About Lyrics and Wasted by Donna Summer

The lyrics to Wasted are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Donna Summer used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to Wasted have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Donna Summer and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Wasted by Donna Summer. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Wasted" means the words set to the music of Wasted, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Donna Summer. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Wasted and the lyrics to Wasted are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Donna Summer who came here looking just for the lyrics to Wasted, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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