
Date of issue: 12.11.2013
Song language: English
He Fades Away |
There’s a man in my bed I used to love him |
His kisses used to take my breath away |
There’s a man in my bed I hardly know him |
I wipe his face and hold his hand |
And watch him as he slowly fades away |
And he fades away |
Not like leaves that fall in autumn |
Turning gold against the grey |
He fades away |
Like the bloodstains on the pillow case |
That I wash every day |
He fades away |
There’s a man in my bed, he’s on a pension |
Although he’s only fifty years of age |
The lawyer says we might get compensation |
In the course of due procedure |
But he couldn’t say for certain at this stage |
And he’s not the only one |
Who made that trip so many years ago |
To work the Wittenoom mines |
So many young men old before their time |
And dying slow |
He fades away |
A wheezing bag of bones his |
Lungs half clogged and full of clay |
He fades away |
There’s a man in my bed they never told him |
The cost of bringing home his weekly pay |
And when the courts decide how much they owe him |
How will he spend his money |
When he lies in bed and coughs his life away? |
And he fades away |
Not like leaves that fall in autumn |
Turning gold against the grey |
He fades away |
Like the bloodstains on the pillow case |
That I wash every day |
He fades away |
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