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What a Waste Lyrics by The Bad Shepherds

Mud, Blood & Beer

2013

I could be the driver of an articulated lorry
I could be a poet I wouldn't need to worry
I could be a teacher in a classroom full of scholars
I could be the sergeant in a squadron full of wallahs
What a waste
What a waste
What a waste
What a waste
Because I chose to play the fool in a three-piece band
First-night nerves every one-night stand
I should be glad to be so inclined
What a waste! What a waste!
I don't mind
What a waste
What a waste
What a waste
What a waste
I could be a lawyer with strategems and ruses (What a waste)
I could be a doctor with poultices and bruises (What a waste)
I could be a writer with a growing reputation (What a waste)
I could be the ticket man at Fulham Broadway Station
What a waste
What a waste
What a waste
What a waste
'Cause I chose to play the fool in a three-piece band
First-night nerves every one-night stand
I should be glad to be so inclined
What a waste! What a waste!
I don't mind
I could be the catalyst that sparks the revolution
I could be an inmate in a long-term institution
I could dream to wide extremes, I could do or die
I could yawn and be withdrawn and watch the world go by
What a waste
What a waste
What a waste
What a waste
Because I chose to play the fool in a three-piece band
First-night nerves every one-night stand
I should be glad to be so inclined
What a waste! What a waste!
I don't mind
What a waste
What a waste
What a waste
What a waste
What a waste
Because I chose to play the fool in a three-piece band
First-night nerves every one-night stand
I should be glad to be so inclined
What a waste! What a waste!
I don't mind
What a waste
What a waste
What a waste
What a waste
What a waste
What a waste
What a waste
What a waste
I don't mind

About “What a Waste” by The Bad Shepherds

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"What a Waste" appears on "Mud, Blood & Beer" in 2013.

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