Don'€™t Waste Away Lyrics

Subject: CRD: Don't Waste Away - James McMurtry
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 09:26:40 +1300
Don't Waste Away - James McMurtry
>From "Candyland"
INTRO:
D/F# G A11 (x4)
VERSE 1:
Is that smile for me
Or did you come by it honestly
Can I show you around
Can I help you tear your fences down
Cos' I know you foster few illusions
You suffer no fools
And you don't leave much to chance
But you're out past the breakers
And you're drifting fast
I can see it at a glance
CHORUS:
You've been a long time locked inside
A long time on a lonely ride
Prisoner of wisdom, prisoner of pride
Don't just waste away
Don't just waste away
BRIDGE (as for intro)
VERSE 2:
Is that smile for me
Have you kept it hidden consciously
Like an old-time movie queen
Always noticed, rarely seen
I've got no answers
No magic cures
And I've got no plans
But I know the darkness
That haunts your eyes
And I know those trembling hands
SOLO:
OUTRO:
CHORDS:
D/F# 20023x
John Kean
keanj@agresearch.cri.nz