Was it Alabama, or maybe in Mississippi Was it religion? Or just that sympathy? That ruined, your god damn family I'm not a kid, unlike a kite, I can't just go out and fly when I want to Now I'm waiting around for the sun to go down And I miss you like hell, you know I do Marybelle What a waste of time, what a waste of time You keep your memories, and I'll keep mine So you didn't fill the empire, you always said you would Broke so many promises, were they no good now?
When I go out all I ever gets Me and you and that's the way it is When I go out So was it Alabama Or maybe in Mississippi Was it religion? Or just that sympathy That ruined, my god damn family What a waste of time [x2] You keep your memories, and I'll keep mine What a waste of time [x2] You keep your memories, and I'll keep mine What a waste of time [x2] You keep your memories, and I'll keep mine What a waste of time [x2]