Die Toten Hosen

Dont recognize me, do you?
Were sitting face to face.
Your mind is in another time
and in another place.
I saw that when your eyes met mine
and still you seemed unmoved.
You dont recall this face at all,
the one youd said youd loved.
The bats are in the belfry
and now youre on your own.
The lights are shining brightly
but theres nobody home.
But time has gone so quickly now
and nothing can replace
all these wasted years.
Your friends dont come around here,
the way they used to do,
where once there were so many
and now there are so few.
But time has gone so quickly now
and nothing can replace
all these wasted years.
Is that a smile upon your face?
You seem to be confused
by all these kindly strangers
who come to visit you.
The flowers on the table,
the pictures on the wall,
I thought it could be different,
but now Im not so sure.
The bats are in the belfry
and now youre on your own.
The lights are shining brightly
but theres nobody home.
But time has gone so quickly now
and nothing can replace
all these wasted years.
Your friends dont come around here,
the way they used to do,
where once there were so many
and now there are so few.
But time has gone so quickly now
and nothing can replace
all these wasted years.
They tell me that youre much improved,
but they cant tell me why.
Ive talked and talked for hours
and still theres no reply
[ Wasted Years Lyrics ]