Damn Hey How you doing? Long time no see Small town girl, big city dreams Always driven, you were livin' in that limousine It's kinda random how I ran into her She had that same college body. had to hand it to her The wine section of the liquor store of all places Was a regular there. just short of being a store favorite Now ain't it funny how lately I’ve been thinking about the old days And there she was, a rose picking out some rosé I used to polish that Bacardi at the frat party At 3 a.m I’d visit her in front the dormitory And talk about life, we did it all the time And there was something there but I could never cross the line Her roommate had a man so she was never there And suddenly the rum had me feeling debonair Our bodies rubbing tight, clothes coming loose We did something we should never do 'Cause then things changed Man, uh-huh 'Cause then things changed, left in pain 'Cause we knew deep down things would never be the same Yeah, you see those lights Cameras, action, play the movies of our lives (Lives) The scene gon' fade away (Fade away) Fade away (Fade away), fade away (Uh) I wonder if we should have paused? I wonder if we would have gone farther? Instead we fade away Fade away, fade away Small town girl with a very big problem Coming her way, baby Young dumb boy but a smart-ass Never learned to act his age, baby Next morning brunch was a little awkward Quiet, now we’re missing the comfort of even talkin' Jealousy and unreturned phone calls Then I get the IM, that’s when it all goes wrong Funny how the world keeps spinnin' Even when I stand still and the world keeps livin' their lives She told me she was three weeks pregnant She could barely speak each sentence Head spinning, vertigo, floor turning vertical Thought the sex was worth it, though assumed she had the birth control Honestly my first reaction told me to deny it But there’s honesty in pain, I saw it streaming from her eyelids Sometimes I think I might have been a better man to marry her Went from academic plans to Unplanned Parenthood Planned parenthood, something in her died Not just the baby, it was something in her eyes 'Cause then things changed Damn, for real? 'Cause then things changed, left in pain 'Cause we knew deep down things would never be the same Yeah, you see those lights Cameras, action, play the movies of our lives (Lives) The scene gon' fade away (Fade away) Fade away (Fade away), fade away (Uh) I wonder if we should have paused? I wonder if we would have gone farther? Instead we fade away (Uh) Fade away, fade away (Uh) Fast forward five years I’m at the store to buy beer and its awkward but we both act cordial To hide the fear of the pain, always wondered If she’d changed her demeanor was the same She said she was engaged almost done at St. James for her residency Told her I was teaching mathematics at an elementary Congratulations then we both parted ways Into the night where the scenes seem to fade 'Cause they just fade Yeah, in life they just fade Left in pain 'Cause we knew deep down things would never be the same Yeah, you see those lights Cameras, action, play the movies of our lives (Lives) The scene gon' fade away (Fade away) Fade away (Fade away), fade away (Uh) I wonder if we should have paused? I wonder if we would have gone farther? Instead we fade away Fade away, fade away
[00:48.052]Damn [00:58.292]Hey [01:00.643]How you doing? [01:03.438]Long time no see [01:06.495]Small town girl, big city dreams [01:09.316]Always driven, you were livin' in that limousine [01:12.163]It's kinda random how I ran into her [01:14.357]She had that same college body. had to hand it to her [01:17.179]The wine section of the liquor store of all places [01:19.974]Was a regular there. just short of being a store favorite [01:23.265]Now ain't it funny how lately I’ve been thinking about the old days [01:26.975]And there she was, a rose picking out some rosé [01:29.926]I used to polish that Bacardi at the frat party [01:32.957]At 3 a.m I’d visit her in front the dormitory [01:36.013]And talk about life, we did it all the time [01:38.965]And there was something there but I could never cross the line [01:42.047]Her roommate had a man so she was never there [01:44.921]And suddenly the rum had me feeling debonair [01:47.925]Our bodies rubbing tight, clothes coming loose [01:51.033]We did something we should never do [01:53.097]'Cause then things changed [01:56.624]Man, uh-huh [01:59.131]'Cause then things changed, left in pain [02:02.057]'Cause we knew deep down things would never be the same [02:06.472]Yeah, you see those lights [02:07.700]Cameras, action, play the movies of our lives (Lives) [02:13.290]The scene gon' fade away (Fade away) [02:15.615]Fade away (Fade away), fade away (Uh) [02:19.193]I wonder if we should have paused? [02:22.197]I wonder if we would have gone farther? [02:25.358]Instead we fade away [02:27.500]Fade away, fade away [02:30.531]Small town girl with a very big problem [02:33.639]Coming her way, baby [02:36.434]Young dumb boy but a smart-ass [02:38.733]Never learned to act his age, baby [02:42.547]Next morning brunch was a little awkward [02:44.715]Quiet, now we’re missing the comfort of even talkin' [02:48.529]Jealousy and unreturned phone calls [02:51.167]Then I get the IM, that’s when it all goes wrong [02:54.537]Funny how the world keeps spinnin' [02:56.575]Even when I stand still and the world keeps livin' their lives [03:00.676]She told me she was three weeks pregnant [03:03.105]She could barely speak each sentence [03:06.214]Head spinning, vertigo, floor turning vertical [03:08.774]Thought the sex was worth it, though assumed she had the birth control [03:11.961]Honestly my first reaction told me to deny it [03:14.547]But there’s honesty in pain, I saw it streaming from her eyelids [03:17.812]Sometimes I think I might have been a better man to marry her [03:20.764]Went from academic plans to Unplanned Parenthood [03:23.846]Planned parenthood, something in her died [03:26.668]Not just the baby, it was something in her eyes [03:29.019]'Cause then things changed [03:32.597]Damn, for real? [03:35.079]'Cause then things changed, left in pain [03:38.188]'Cause we knew deep down things would never be the same [03:42.524]Yeah, you see those lights [03:43.595]Cameras, action, play the movies of our lives (Lives) [03:49.316]The scene gon' fade away (Fade away) [03:51.510]Fade away (Fade away), fade away (Uh) [03:55.167]I wonder if we should have paused? [03:58.250]I wonder if we would have gone farther? [04:01.228]Instead we fade away (Uh) [04:03.709]Fade away, fade away (Uh) [04:07.001]Fast forward five years [04:08.568]I’m at the store to buy beer and its awkward but we both act cordial [04:12.304]To hide the fear of the pain, always wondered [04:14.681]If she’d changed her demeanor was the same [04:16.927]She said she was engaged almost done at St. James for her residency [04:21.002]Told her I was teaching mathematics at an elementary [04:24.033]Congratulations then we both parted ways [04:26.593]Into the night where the scenes seem to fade [04:29.100]'Cause they just fade [04:32.627]Yeah, in life they just fade [04:36.806]Left in pain [04:38.008]'Cause we knew deep down things would never be the same [04:42.449]Yeah, you see those lights [04:43.651]Cameras, action, play the movies of our lives (Lives) [04:49.293]The scene gon' fade away (Fade away) [04:51.461]Fade away (Fade away), fade away (Uh) [04:55.118]I wonder if we should have paused? [04:58.122]I wonder if we would have gone farther? [05:01.231]Instead we fade away [05:03.321]Fade away, fade away
