He Fades Away

Lyrics

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 As I wipe his face and hold his hand And watch him as he slowly fades away He fades away Not like leaves that fall in Autumn Turning gold against the grey He fades away Like the blood stains 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 And the lawyеrs say we might get compensation In thе course of due procedure But they wouldn't say for certain at this stage He fades away Not like leaves that fall in Autumn Turning gold against the grey He fades away Like the blood stains on the pillow case That I wash every day He fades away He's not the only one Who made the trip so many years ago To work the Wittenoom mine So many young men old before their time And dying slow they fade away Wheezing bags of bones With lungs half clogged and filled with clay They fade away There's a man in my bed nobody 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 As he lies in bed and coughs his life away He fades away Not like leaves that fall in Autumn Turning gold against the grey He fades away Like the blood stains on the pillow case That I wash every day 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 As I wipe his face and hold his hand And watch him as he slowly fades away