He Fades Away/The River

He Fades Away/The River Lyrics

Song He Fades Away/The River
Artist Philip Quast
Album Live at the Donmar
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[00:03.174] There's a man in my bed
[00:05.654] I used to love him
[00:08.895] His kisses used to take my breath away
[00:14.457] There's a man in my bed
[00:16.687] I hardly know him
[00:20.055] I wipe his face and hold his hand
[00:23.599] And watch him as he slowly fades away
[00:29.575] And he fades away
[00:32.799] Not like leaves that fall in autumn
[00:37.072] Turning gold against the grey
[00:39.963] He fades away
[00:43.936] Like the bloodstains on the pillow case
[00:48.100] That I wash every day
[00:50.738] He fades away
[00:55.766] And he's not the only one
[00:58.726] Who made that trip so many years ago
[01:04.386] To work the Wittenoom mine
[01:08.145] So many young men old before their time and dying slow
[01:13.502] They fade away
[01:17.927] Wheezing bags of bones with lungs half clogged and filled with clay
[01:23.068] They fade away
[01:28.222] There's a man in my bed
[01:31.463] They never told him
[01:34.464] The cost of bringing home his weekly pay
[01:39.963] And when the courts decide how much they owe him
[01:45.358] How will he spend his money when he lies in bed and coughs his life away?
[01:54.955] And he fades away
[01:58.832] Not like leaves that fall in autumn
[02:01.715] Turning gold against the grey
[02:04.777] He fades away
[02:08.899] Like the bloodstains on the pillow case
[02:12.543] That I wash every day
[02:16.218] He fades away
[02:20.387]
[02:30.373] He fades away
[02:35.698]
[02:48.207] I come from down in the valley
[02:51.279] Where mister when you're young
[02:54.727] They bring you up to do
[02:58.082] Like your daddy done
[03:01.469] Me and Mary we met in the high school
[03:04.888] When she was just seventeen
[03:08.832] We'd drive out of this valley
[03:11.692] Down to where the fields were green
[03:17.966] We'd go down to the river
[03:22.101] And into the river we'd dive
[03:24.804] Oh down to the river we'd ride
[03:32.432] Then I got Mary pregnant
[03:35.672] And man that was all she wrote
[03:39.125] And for my nineteenth birthday
[03:41.722] I got a union card and a wedding coat
[03:45.885] We went down to the courthouse
[03:49.082] And the judge put it all to rest
[03:52.484] No wedding day smiles
[03:54.200] No walk down the aisle
[03:55.888] No flowers
[03:57.013] No wedding dress
[04:00.476] That night we went down to the river
[04:04.762] And into the river we'd dive
[04:07.439] Oh down to the river we'd ride
[04:14.719] Down to the river
[04:18.020] And into the river we'd dive
[04:20.407] Oh down to the river we'd ride
[04:32.588] I got a job working construction
[04:36.003] For the Johnstown company
[04:39.372] But lately there ain't been much work
[04:42.357] On account of the economy
[04:45.552] Now all them things that seemed so important, well mister
[04:48.936] They vanished right into the air
[04:52.581] Now I just act like I don't remember
[04:55.668] Mary acts like she don't care
[05:00.946] But I remember us riding in my brother's car
[05:03.925] Her body tan and wet down at the reservoir
[05:07.302] At night on them banks I'd lie awake
[05:10.367] And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take
[05:13.762] Now those memories come back to haunt me
[05:17.155] They haunt me like a curse
[05:20.606] Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
[05:24.003] Or is it something worse
[05:28.494] That sends me down to the river
[05:32.302] Though I know the river is dry
[05:35.215] That sends me down to the river
[05:39.191] Tonight
[05:42.721] Down to the river
[05:45.780] My baby and I
[05:48.468] Oh down to the river
[05:52.432] Tonight
[05:55.837] Down to the river
[05:58.817] Though I know the river is dry
[06:01.541] That sends me down to the river
[06:05.502] Tonight
[06:08.846] Down to the river
[06:11.937] My baby and I
[06:14.483] That sends me down to the river
[06:18.314] At night
[06:21.602] Woo
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