wasted time

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 end, you're back out on the street, and you're tryin' to remember, how will you start it over?, you don't know what became, you don't care much for a stranger's touch, but you can't hold your man, you never thought you'd be alone, this far down the line, and i know what's been on your mind, you're afraid it's all been wasted time, the autumn leaves have got you thinking, about the first time that you fell, you didn't love the boy too much, no, no, you just loved the boy too well, farewell, so 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 away, and i could have done so many things, baby, if i could only stop my mind, from wonderin' what i left behind, and from worrying 'bout this wasted time, another love has come and gone, and the years keep rushing on, i remember what you told me, before you went out on your own, "sometimes to keep it together, we got to leave it alone", so you can get on with your search, baby, and i can get on with mine, and maybe someday we will find, that it wasn't really wasted time