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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    this song reminds me so much of "ballad for the lost romantics" by new found glory it has the same theme, like best friends chilling and not caring about anything else and toasting to themselves this is my favorite fall out boy song i think, for that reason

    brentong999on October 23, 2010   Link

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