[00:49.03]I had one friend in high school recently he hung himself with string
[00:56.74]His note said
[00:57.70]"If livin' is the problem, well that's just baffling."
[01:05.51]And at the wake I waited around to see my ex first love
[01:13.40]And I barely recognized her, but I knew exactly what she was thinking of
[01:21.03]We sat quietly in the corner whispering close about loss
[01:29.18]And I remembered why I loved her, and I asked her why I drove her off
[01:36.77]She said
[01:37.66]The slow fade of love
[01:41.53]Its soft edge might cut you
[01:45.22]And our poor friend, Jim
[01:47.84]Well he just lived within
[01:49.89]The slow fade of love
[01:54.23]A woman calls my house once a week; she's always selling things
[02:01.78]Some charity, a phone plan, a subscription to a magazine
[02:09.76]And as I turned her down, I always do, there was something trembling in her voice
[02:17.78]I said
[02:18.81]Hey, what troubles you?
[02:20.08]She said
[02:20.94]I'm surprised you noticed
[02:26.00]Well, my husband, he's leaving, and I can't convince him to stay
[02:33.91]And he'll take our daughter with him, she wants to go with him anyway
[02:42.88]I'm sorry I'm hard to live with, living is the problem for me
[02:50.52]I'm selling people things they don't want when I don't know what you need
[02:58.31]He said the slow fade of love
[03:02.33]And it's mist might choke you
[03:06.68]It's my gradual descent
[03:08.79]Into a life I never meant
[03:11.52]It's the slow fade of love
[03:40.66]I was driving south of Melrose; I happened upon my old lover's old house
[03:48.24]I found myself staring at the closed up door like the day she threw me out
[03:56.89]"Dianna, Dianna, Dianna I would die for you
[04:04.29]I'm in love with you completely, I'm afraid that's all I can do"
[04:11.91]She said
[04:12.56]"You can sleep upon my doorstep, you can promise me indifference, Jim
[04:21.65]But my mind is made up, and I'll never let you in again"
[04:29.23]For the slow fade of love
[04:32.56]It might hit you from below
[04:37.08]It's your gradual descent
[04:39.04]Into a life you never meant
[04:41.19]It's the slow fade of love
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