A Waste of Time - Otis Redding

Hi there

Should I’ve asked you, what’s your name?

Should you’ve asked me the same?

But dig

Let’s not be wasting our time

Let’s not lead each other blind

If you don’t want me

My heart can’t strain, yeah, another time

There’s only 24 hours in a day

And that don’t leave much time to play

I don’t dig that no way, honey

'Coz 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, yo

Hit the ground

And called the biggest, the biggest fool

Biggest fool ever walked on this ground

Listen

I can’t stand it, no no no no

To be built up, way on up, let down

Being loved, yo, is all in my mind

I don’t like that

I like for it to be from the heart

And I found out later on I was wasting my time

Just a waste of time, yeah

Somebody understand what I’m saying

What I say

It’s just a waste of time

If you don’t want me mama

Don’t just leave me hanging

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

Somebody, somebody gotta get the message to me