He Fades Away / The River [Live]-Philip Quast

[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