John Mellencamp - Wasted Days Lyrics

John Mellencamp Lyrics

"Wasted Days"
(feat. Bruce Springsteen)

How many summers still remain
How many days are lost in vain
Who's counting out these last remaining years
How many minutes do we have here?

Wasted days
Wasted days
We watch our lives just fade away to
More wasted days

How much sorrow is there left to climb
How many promises are worth a dime
And who on earth is worth our time
Is there a heart here that I can call mine?

Wasted days
Wasted days
We watch our lives just fade away to
More wasted days

How can a man watch his life go down the drain
How many moments has he lost today
And who among us could ever see clear
The end is coming, it's almost here

Wasted days
Wasted days
We watch our lives just fade away to
More wasted days

Wasted days
Wasted days
We watch our lives just fade away to
More wasted days

Wasted days
More wasted days
We watch our lives just slip away to
More wasted days

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Writer(s): John Mellencamp

Until "Wasted Days" released on the 29th of September, 2021, John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen have never actually recorded in the studio together. Thom Zimny, long-time Springsteen collaborator, directed the track's music video filmed in New Jersey. The song is the first taste of Mellencamp's 2022 album of which Springsteen said in an interview on Sirius XM's E Street Radio in June, "I worked on three songs on John's album and I spent some time in Indiana with him. I love John a lot. He's a great songwriter and I have become very close and had a lot of fun with him. I sang a little bit on his record."

album: "Strictly A One-Eyed Jack" (2022)

John Mellencamp - Strictly A One-Eyed Jack album cover

I Always Lie To Strangers

Driving In The Rain

I Am A Man That Worries

Streets Of Galilee

Sweet Honey Brown

Did You Say Such A Thing

Gone So Soon

Wasted Days

Simply A One-Eyed Jack

Chasing Rainbows

Lie To Me

A Life Full Of Rain

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