Richard Penniman - Wasted Years lyrics

[Verse 1] Slow is the memory I can picture her standing right in front of me Saying that I'm behaving badly And kinda driving her crazy But I know she wants me Can't remember anything Her sweat it tastes like sugar cane Sitting on top of me Yelling out my f**ing name Until I'm empty [Chorus] But I have already tried to explain myself It's not that I love someone else But I can't bear to listen to you cry I'm sick of all these wasted years A rag for someone else's tears I wring you out as I hang you out to dry [Verse 2] And I'll see you when I get back Maybe we can get ourselves back on the right track You touch me there because you know how much I like that I think that we will get to relax And I know you want me All the time and everywhere A happy surface but the underbelly isn't there And the worst thing is that I don't even really care And the emptiness is too much to bear C'mon c'mon [Chorus] But I have already tried to explain myself It's not that I love someone else But I can't bear to listen to you cry I'm sick of all these wasted years A rag for someone else's tears I wring you out as I hang you out to dry [Bridge 2x] C'mon, c'mon Get off the phone Please come home It's been so lonely since you've been gone Engulf, surround me Up and down me Be all around me Baby I can't breathe no more [Chorus Repeat 2x]