You're Wasting Your Time

歌詞

Travelling from Long Island to the city one day, met a nice young lady Travelling from Jamaica to the city one day I met a nice young lady I pleaded impressively, telling her how I love her sincerely I told her: "Do-do, some day I'm coming home to visit you" She said, "You wasting your time, Rupert, you wasting your time Invader, you wasting your time, Don't bother with me I got me old man already, he's an oyster vendor That is my husband, and I'm Mrs. Alexander" I told her, "Honey, tell me not to worry, but why should you lie to me? Because I know that no oyster man can't have this kind of woman Rouge up so and looking sweet, mouth well fixed up with nice gold teeth Tell me what to do, Honey, I'm madly in love with you" She said, "You wasting your time, Rupert Grant, you wasting your time Invader, you wasting your time, Don't bother with me I got me old man already, he's an oyster vendor That is my husband, and I'm Mrs. Alexander" I said "The only Alexander I know, is the one that does sing calypso But that big 'ocupus' so ugly, we does call him the Lord Melody" She made me to understand, she never never yet love an ugly man "Better hush your mouth, Ah is next Alexander ah talking about" She said, "You wasting your time, Invader, you wasting your time You wasting your time, Don't bother with me I got me old man already, he's an oyster vendor That is my husband, and I'm Mrs. Alexander" I asked her if she know Duke of Iron that popular calypsonian She said, "Yes, I have his recording, and I'm crazy about his singing Since I met him in person" Ha ha "That's unbelievable, that Rake and Scrape man, is nothing but a bad john calypsonian" She said, "You wasting your time, Rupert, you wasting your time Invader, you wasting your time, Don't bother with me I got me old man already, he's an oyster vendor That is my husband, and I'm Mrs. Alexander" Blow, blow, blow