[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