A Wasted Life

A WASTED LIFE - Written by Carroll Bryant 

We were like brothers

We hung together 

Me, you never did ignore

You were there on the double

Whenever there was trouble

That's what friends are for 

We were both crazy

We were both lazy

But we never did really care

We were too busy living

For some other reason than theirs

Remember the parties that we used to go to?

We wouldn't make it back home until dawn

Playing with jokers, aces and deuces 

Until the final curtain was drawn

Remember the women that we always picked up?

And then we broke their hearts the next day

We thought we were funning but we were just running

Away

Maybe you couldn't handle it

All the pain and the strife 

Maybe that's why you put a gun to your head that night

Maybe something was calling you and it was calling you that night

But now I can say in every way

That it was just a wasted life

Then one day I sensed a change

But I was too busy getting stoned

I didn't see that what you really needed

Was someone because you felt alone

What was the reason?

What was the problem?

Who is it that is to be the blame?

I guess it's too late to find any answers

But life without you won't be the same

And I can remember that night when they told me

What it was that went down

I stared into the darkness and searched for my feelings

But there was no feeling left to be found

Goodbye old friend

Maybe you couldn't handle it

All the pain and the strife 

Maybe that's why you put a gun to your head that night

Maybe something was calling you and it was calling you that night

But now I can say in every way

That it was just a wasted life