Lyric I m Wasting Your Time (and You re Wasting Mine)

Duet with Porter Wagoner
Writer Dolly Parton
Copyright 1970

There s nothing left to tie us to each other anymore
The love we knew is gone and that s a fact we can t ignore
There s nothing left to loose ends on all the ties that bind
I m wasting your time and you re wasting mine
There s no use in wasting the good years that we have left
When we might find happiness with somebody else
There s no chance for us we can see it we re not blind
I m wasting your time and you re wasting mine
The blame belongs to both of us I guess we didn t try
Love is like a garden that wilts if it s left to die
The flower of love can t bloom if the sun don t ever shine
I m wasting your time and you re wasting mine
Though it hurts we know we must leave it all behind
I m wasting your time and you re wasting mine
You re wasting mine you re wasting mine