Bruce Springsteen – Fade Away

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Well now you say you've found another man who does things to you that I can't
And that no matter what I do it's all over now
between me and you girl
But I can't believe what you say
No I can't believe what you say
'cause baby

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I don't wanna fade away
Oh I don't wanna fade away
Tell me what can I do what can I say
Cause darlin' I don't wanna fade away

Well now you say that you've made up your mind
it's been such a long, long time since it's been good with us
And that somewhere back along the line you lost your love and I lost your trust
Now rooms that once were so bright are filled with the coming night, darlin'

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You say it's not easy for you
And that you've been so lonely
While other girls go out doing what they want to do
You say that you miss the nights when we'd go out dancing
The days when you and I walked as two
Well girl I miss them too
Oh I swear that I do
Oh girl

Now baby I don't wanna be just another useless memory holding you tight
Or just some other ghost out on the street to whom you stop and politely speak
when you pass on by vanishing into the night
left to vanish into the night
No baby

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    General Comment:This is one of those songs that really captures Bruce's true genius, and that it his ability to evoke emotions in his audience.

    Verse 3 absolutely gives me goosebumps. Listen to the inflection in his voice in lines 2 and 4 of that verse, particularly on the words "lonely" and "dancing". I really can't explain Bruce Springsteen, he is totally incomparable, it would be like a perversion of morality to even try to judge him by any standards other than his own.
    Flag differentstrokes5on April 05, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Lyrically, there is no one better than Springsteen. Think back to the time you had someone you loved break up with, how you felt. The heartache, the pining away for that person. He captures it perfectly in this song
    Flag rmcd0494on August 24, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Excellent Danny Federici keyboard work on this one. Like the rest of the River album, the song laments changes for the worse from previous better days. The protagonist has become irrelevant to his former girlfriend although he pleads that wants to still be a part of her life.

    Much like the blue collar workers in the industrial northeast and Midwest that once powered the American economy, but were now marginalized in the information age that dawned in the late 70s and 80s.
    Flag Pirtyfool22on May 10, 2007   Link

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