A Man/Me/Then Jim Lyrics
[A Man]
I had one friend in high school
Recently he hung himself with string
His note said, "If living is the problem
Well, that's just baffling"
And at the wake I waited around
To see my ex first love
And I barely recognized her
But I knew exactly what she was thinking of
We sat quietly in the corner
Whispering close about loss
And I remembered why I loved her
And I asked her why I drove her off
[Chorus]
She said, "The slow fade of love
It's soft edge might cut you
And our poor friend Jim, well, he just lived within
The slow fade of love"
[Me]
A woman calls my house once a week
She's always selling things
Some charity, a phone plan
Or a subscription to a magazine
And as I turned her down (I always do)
There was something trembling in her voice
I said, "Hey, what troubles you?"
She said, "I'm surprised you noticed
Well, my husband, he's a-leaving
And I can't convince him to stay
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
Living is the problem for me
I'm selling people things they don't want
And I don't know what you need"
[Chorus]
He said, "The slow fade of love
And it's mist might choke you
It's my gradual descent into a life I never meant
It's the slow fade of love"
[Jim]
I was driving south from Melrose
I happened upon my old lover's old house
I found myself staring at the closed up door
Like the day she threw me out
"Diana, Diana, Diana, I would die for you
I'm in love with you completely
I'm afraid that's all I can do"
She said, "You can sleep upon my doorstep
You can promise me indifference, Jim
But my mind is made up
And I'll never let you in again"
[Chorus]
For the slow fade of love
It might hit you from below
It's your gradual descent into a life you never meant
It's the slow fade of love
It's the slow fade of love
