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Wasted Words

This version of Wasted Words was released by The Allman Brothers Band in 1973.

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Can you tell me, tell me, friend, just exactly where I’ve been?
Is that so much to ask? I’ll pay you back no matter what the task.
You seem really sure ’bout something I don’t know,
take that load off, looks like chest’s about to go.
Your wasted words already been heard, are you really God, yes or no?

Well, all day and half the night you’re walkin’ round lookin’ such a fright.
Is it me or is it you? I’d make a wager and I’d hope “to” lose.
Time’s gone, looks like Rome is ’bout to fall,
Next time take the elevator, please don’t crawl.
Your wasted words so absurd, are you really Satan, yes or no?

Well, I ain’t no saint and you sure as hell ain’t no savior,
Every other Christmas I would practice good behavior.
That was then, this is now, don’t ask me to be Mister Clean,
’cause baby, I don’t know how.
Ring my phone ’bout ten more times, we will see,
find that broke down line and let it be.
Your wasted words wiill never be heard, go on home baby and watch it on TV.

Weekday soap-box speciality, you know what I’m talkin’ ’bout now,
By the way, this song’s for you, sincerely, me.

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The lyrics for Wasted Words are defined as the words making up the song released by The Allman Brothers Band in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Wasted Words have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Allman Brothers Band and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Wasted Words by The Allman Brothers Band if you think through it. 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 Words" means the words set to the music of Wasted Words, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Allman Brothers Band. 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 Words and the lyrics to Wasted Words are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Allman Brothers Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Wasted Words, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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