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Artist: Dave Matthews Band
Canonical path: /dave-matthews-band/waste
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Waste
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Waste
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Don't wanna be an actor pretending on a stage,
Don't wanna be a writer with my thoughts out on a page,
Don't wanna be a painter cause everyone comes to look,
Don't wanna be anything when my lifes an open book,
A dream it's true, but I see it through,
If I could be wasting my time with you,
Don't wanna be a farmer working in the sun,
Don't wanna be an outlaw always on the run,
Don't wanna be a climber reaching for the top,
Don't wanna be anything where I don't know when to start,
I dream it's true, but I see it through,
If I could be wasting my time with you,
So if I'm inside your head, Don't believe what you might have read,
you'll see what I might have said, to hear it,
come waste your time with me, come waste your time with me
Wasting my time with you,
if I could be wasting my time with you,
So if I'm inside your head, Don't believe what you might have read,
you'll see what I might have said, to hear it
come waste your time with me, come waste your time with me
come waste your time with me, come waste your time with me
Wasting my time with you,
if I could be wasting my time with you
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