John Mellencamp released “Wasted Days” featuring Bruce Springsteen. It is the first single of his upcoming untitled album that will be out in 2022. The duet is unveiled alongside an official music video directed and produced by filmmaker and frequent Springsteen collaborator Thom Zimny. Mellencamp and Springsteen filmed the video together in New Jersey this September.
Hear the new John Mellencamp song with Bruce Springsteen “Wasted Days”:
Lyrics
How many summers still remain
How many days are lost in vain
Who’s counting out these last dramatic years
How many minutes do we have here?
Wasted days
Wasted days
We watch our lives just fade away to
More wasted days
How much sorrow is there left to climb
How many promises are worth the time
And who on earth is worth our time
Is there a heart here that I can call mine?
Wasted days
Wasted days
We watch our lives just fade away to
More wasted days
How can a man watch his life go down the drain
How many moments has he lost today
And who among us could ever see clear
The end is coming, it’s almost here
Wasted days
Wasted days
We watch our lives just fade away to
More wasted days
Wasted days
Wasted days
We watch our lives just fade away to
More wasted days
Wasted days
More wasted days
We watch our lives just slip away to
More wasted days
John Mellencamp
Born in Seymour, Indiana back in 1951, John Mellencamp rose to fame in the 80s with hits like “Hurts So Good”, “Jack & Diane”, “Crumblin’ Down”, “Pink Houses”, “Small Town” and “R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.” He has been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards and won one.
Mellencamp is also one of the founding members of Farm Aid, the organization that began in 1985 with a concert in Champaign, Illinois, in order to raise awareness about the loss of family farms and to raise funds to keep farm families on their land.