The Fading

A spring remembered The taste of gin An eyelet light upon our skin Your form it lingers I trace just where you've been The songs we sang I'll sing again When it breaks down Oh babe let's try To see the beauty in all the fading I saw the river Thick with mud Break through the banks and run And I confess I liked it I cheered the flood When the water hit the wall and won When it breaks down Oh babe let's try To see the beauty in all the fading The roads are endless They seem to grow Vines that wind around the world And though I hate it To leave my home I love that car when I need to go When it breaks down Oh babe let's try To see the beauty in all the fading And O, Kentucky Stays in my mind It's sweet to be five years behind That's where I'll be When the seas rise Holding my dear friends and drinking wine When it breaks down Oh babe let's try To see the beauty in all the fading When it breaks down When the stakes get high To see the beauty in all the fading