A Waste of Time

How dare should I have asked you, "What's your name?"

Should you ask me the same?

But dig, let's don't be wasting our time

Let's don't leave each other blind

If you don't want me

My heart can't stand it another time

There's only 24 hours in a day

But that don't leave much time to play

I don't dig that no way, honey

'Cause my heart can't take it, no, another day

Listen to me, honey

I've been told by many different girls

"Otis, I love you"

Oh boy, they tell me this

From the bottom of their soul

But they didn't mean it, listen

I, I've been let down, hit the ground

And called the biggest, the biggest fool

The biggest fool to ever walk on this ground

Listen

I can't stand it, no no no no

To be built up, way on up, and let down

Being in love, y'all, is all in my mind

I don't like that, I like for it to be from my heart

And I found out later I was wasting my time

Just a waste of time, yeah

Somebody understand what I'm saying when I say

It's just a waste of time

If you don't want me, mama, don't just leave me hangin'

Don't just let me waste my time, no, no

Somebody, somebody got to get the message to me