Tune Tuesday – Wasted Days and Wasted Nights

The great Freddy Fender was born today in 1937 in Texas. He got his start in the music business in the 1950’s and had a few hits, but it wasn’t until 1975 when he broke through with the song Before the Next Tear Drop Falls.

His next big hit was Wasted Days and Wasted Nights, but it was not a new song for him. He actually wrote and recorded in back in 1959. He ran into trouble after this when he was arrested for possession of marijuana and convicted in 1960.

The Sir Douglas Quintet, also from Texas and known for the hit She’s About a Mover, actually cut a version of Wasted Days in 1971. But Freddy wasn’t done with the song. After Freddy’s success with Before the Next Teardrop Falls in 1975, he went back in the studio and re-recorded Wasted Days and Wasted Nights and this time it was a hit! It went to number on on the Billboard Country Singles chart and went to number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Freddy passed away at age 69 in 2006.

Wasted Days and Wasted Nights

Wasted days and wasted nights
I have left for you behind
For you don’t belong to me
Your heart belongs to someone else

Why should I keep loving you
When I know that you’re not true?
And why should I call your name
When you’re to blame
For making me blue?

Don’t you remember the day
That you went away and left me?
I was so lonely
Prayed for you only
My love

Why should I keep loving you
When I know that you’re not true?
And why should I call your name
When you’re to blame
For making me blue?

Don’t you remember the day
That you went away and left me?
I was so lonely
Prayed for you only
My love

Wasted days and wasted nights
I have left for you behind
For you don’t belong to me
Your heart belongs to someone else

Why should I keep loving you
When I know that you’re not true?
And why should I call your name
When you’re to blame
For making me blue?