I guess we had a lovers’ spat
‘Cept we weren’t really lovers
So we couldn’t just kiss and make up
I guess we had a lovers’ spat
‘Cept we weren’t really lovers
So we couldn’t just kiss and make up
Ooh–lasted too long
Ooh—I shoulda been strong
Ooh–and all I got’s this song
To you—about a

Waste of time–stupid many days
Waste of time–prick it and it stays
Waste of time–stupid little tragic waste of time

We should have said our hurtful things
Then solved it in the bedroom later on
Shoulda dropped fifty roses at your feet
‘Stead of messages sent after you’d gone
Ooh-3 more minutes loss
Ooh-arms that won’t uncross
Ooh–and all I got to toss—
To you is this tune, about a

Waste of time–I’m thunder and you’re lighting
Waste of time–there’s wars we could be fighting
Waste of time–stupid little tragic waste of time

We played like lovers and we drank like lovers and then when we
Fought like lovers there was no real loving to fall back upon &
Now it’s like we never even met

I guess we had a lover’s spat
Except we weren’t really lovers
So we couldn’t just kiss and make up
One second you’re drinking coffee
And the next you’re picking splinters from a broken cup
Ooh–a monster in a seed
Ooh—scary in its speed
Ooh–here then is my creed–here’s what I believe
This ain’t nothing but a

Waste of time, let’s bury the hatchet
Waste of time–find the hole and patch it
Waste of time–stupid little tragic waste of time
God can’t be happy with this waste of time
Stupid little tragic waste of time

(lyrics: Dan Bern)