Wasted Years

Wasted years (

Mmm

)

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 (

Oh

)

I was taking the wrong advice

(I know you was, I know you was, and I was too , yeah)

All alone I'm travelling (

Mmm

)

Travelling through these wasted years, yeah

(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

)

That's why there can't be no more (

No more

)

No more wasted years today, yeah (

I got wise, I got wise to myself

)

Well baby, the great sadness (

Mmm

)

Oh, you 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 got to find something (

Mmm

)

To carry you through (

Yeah yeah

), carry you through (

Yeah yeah

)

Carry you through (

Yeah

)

I've learned my lesson, I ain't gonna do it no more, yeah[Verse 4: John Lee Hooker,

Van Morrison

]

Now Van (

Now John

)

I've learned my lesson

I should have (

Yeah

) a long time ago (

That's right

)

All these wasted years, wasted years (

Yeah

)

I finally woke up and got wise

I ain't gonna be, ain't gonna be no fool no more (

Yeah

)

Now Van, now Van

Ain't gonna be nobody's

(Mmm)

Body's fool no more

Sing the song Van (

Yeah

), sing it with me

Well, all alone, all alone I've been travelling (

Yeah

)

Travelling all along through these wasted years, baby, yeah

(Oh, 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 yeah yeah I did, I've learned a lesson, yeah)

I'm gonna make damn sure baby (

I have, I have

), make damn sure (

I have

)

No more wasted years today

(No more, no more, no more wasted years, no more wasted years)

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)