The World's Not Waiting (For Five Tired Boys in a Broken Down Van)

Fall Out Boy

This might just be a waste of time
There's no one I'd rather waste
My time with than all my best friends
So start the car up

We'll all take turns, not for the worst
We're all has-beens and never-weres
And we're all in the back singing Roxanne
Just watching life pass us by
Pass us by

As if we cared
Enough to try to catch up
Enough to make up for lost time
Enough to make up for lost time, yeah

We've been down
We've been out
We've been hanging 'round
Tip our glasses to no direction, yeah
Start the van, get me out of this one horse town
Waste this night

Woo!

We've been down
We've been out
We've been hanging 'round
Tip our glasses to no direction, yeah
Start the van, get me out of this one horse town
Waste this night
Waste this night

We've been down
We've been out
We've been hanging 'round (waste this night)
Tip our glasses to no direction, yeah (waste this night)
Start the van, get me out of this one horse town
Waste this night


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The World's Not Waiting (For Five Tired Boys in a Broken Van) Lyrics as written by Patrick Martin Stump Joseph Mark Trohman

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    fall out boy has 4 memebers... whos the 5th 'tired boy'??

    blinkguitar2on September 10, 2005   Link

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