Wasting Away
The Brian Jonestown Massacre"Wasting Away" is a song by The Brian Jonestown Massacre, released in 1998 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:01 long and contains 51 lines and 278 words.
Lyrics
0:28The kids today they got nothing to say
0:30They got nothing to say because they taught
0:33Them that way
0:33They want to watch them grow old
0:35Put them in their graves
0:36Till their gone
0:40They mess with their hearts
0:41And then they mess with their minds
0:43And they plug up their ears
0:44And they make them go blind
0:46Till they walk down the street
0:48And they can't tell what time it is
0:52You see them standing in line
0:55You watch them going insane
0:58Because they wasting their time
1:01While they waiting in vain
1:04Is this the way it should be
1:07You were born to be free
1:10So why you wasting away
1:14Why you wasting away
1:42You see them standing in line
1:45You watch them going insane
1:48Wanna wasting their time
1:52While they waiting in vain
1:55Is this the way it should be
1:58You were born to be free
2:01So why you wasting away
2:04Why you wasting away
2:09Teachers today they got nothing to say
2:11They got nothing to say because they taught
2:14Them that way
2:15They only do what they told
2:16So they can get their pay
2:18And go home
2:21They walk down the street with their hearts
2:23In their hands
2:24They grow up to fast
2:26And they can't understand
2:27What its like to be a woman
2:29Or maybe a man
2:30Because it's wrong
2:33You watch them standing in line
2:36You see them going insane
2:39Because they wasting their time
2:42While they waiting in vain
2:45Is this the way it should be
2:49You were born to be free
2:52So why you wasting away
2:55Why you wasting away
2:58You were born to be free
3:01So why you wasting away
The kids today they got nothing to say They got nothing to say because they taught Them that way They want to watch them grow old Put them in their graves Till their gone They mess with their hearts And then they mess with their minds And they plug up their ears And they make them go blind Till they walk down the street And they can't tell what time it is You see them standing in line You watch them going insane Because they wasting their time While they waiting in vain Is this the way it should be You were born to be free So why you wasting away Why you wasting away You see them standing in line You watch them going insane Wanna wasting their time While they waiting in vain Is this the way it should be You were born to be free So why you wasting away Why you wasting away Teachers today they got nothing to say They got nothing to say because they taught Them that way They only do what they told So they can get their pay And go home They walk down the street with their hearts In their hands They grow up to fast And they can't understand What its like to be a woman Or maybe a man Because it's wrong You watch them standing in line You see them going insane Because they wasting their time While they waiting in vain Is this the way it should be You were born to be free So why you wasting away Why you wasting away You were born to be free So why you wasting away
Translation
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