| I had one friend in high school, recently he hung himself with string
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| His note said, «If living is the problem, well that’s just baffling»
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| And at the wake I waited around to see my ex-first love
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| And I barely recognized her, but I knew exactly what she was thinking of
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| We sat quietly in the corner, whispering close about loss
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| And I remembered why I loved her, and I asked her why I drove her off
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| She said, «The slow fade of love
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| It’s soft edge might cut you
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| And our poor friend, Jim
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| Well, he just lived within
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| The slow fade of love»
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| A woman calls my house once a week, she’s always selling things
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| Some charity, a phone plan, a subscription to a magazine
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| And as I turned her down, I always do
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| There was something trembling in her voice
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| I said, «Hey, what troubles you?»
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| She said, «I'm surprised you noticed
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| Well, my husband he’s leaving, and I can’t convince him to stay
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| And he’ll take our daughter with him, she wants to go with him anyway
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| I’m sorry I’m hard to live with, but living is the problem for me
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| I’m selling people things they don’t want when I don’t know what you need»
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| He said, «The slow fade of love
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| And its mist might choke you
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| It’s my gradual descent
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| Into a life I never meant
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| It’s the slow fade of love»
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| I was driving south of Melrose, I happened upon my old lover’s house
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| I found myself staring at the closed oak door like the day she threw me out
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| Dianna, Dianna, Dianna, I would die for you
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| I’m in love with you completely, I’m afraid that’s all I can do
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| She said, «You can sleep upon my doorstep, you can promise me indifference, Jim
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| But my mind is made up and I’ll never let you in again»
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| For the slow fade of love
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| It might hit you from below
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| It’s your gradual descent
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| Into a life you never meant
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| It’s the slow fade of love
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| It’s the slow fade of love
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| It’s the slow fade of love
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| It’s the slow fade of love
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| Baby, it’s the slow fade of love
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| It’s the slow fade of love
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| It’s the slow fade of love
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| It’s the slow fade of love
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| Slow fade of love
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| It’s the slow fade of love |