Gibbs-Hurley Newspapers with coffee stains Autumn sun through window panes Promises of self restrain You wish were never made Like a summer smile That's one too many And all the while just Fades Away Fades Away Fades Away Believe me now before we fade away Dust streaks on venetian blinds Chipped paint on the neon signs Endless dues of the kind You thought that you had paid Like a stupid dream
That's gone by morning It just seems to Fade Away Fade Away Fade Away Believe me now before we fade I don't want to be left behind Like this morning old coffee grinds And I need to find out for myself That this is not my best time I don't want to fade away Don't want to fade away I don't want to fade away Don't want to fade away Away Fade away Away Fade away...