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Lyrics: Time Fades Away

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     TIME FADES AWAY 
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     Fourteen junkies too weak to work 
     One sells diamonds for what they're worth 
     Down on pain street, disappointment lurks 
     Son, don't be home too late. 
     Try to get back by eight 
     Son, don't wait till the break of day 
     'Cause you know how time fades away. 
     Time fades away 
     You know how time fades away. 
      
     All day presidents look out windows 
     All night sentries watch the moonglow 
     All are waiting till the time is right 
     Son, don't be home too late 
     Try to get back by eight 
     Son, don't wait till the break of day 
     'Cause you know how time fades away. 
     Time fades away 
     You know how time fades away. 
      
     Back in Canada I spent my days 
     Riding subways through a haze 
     I was handcuffed, I was born & raised 
     Son, don't be home too late 
     Try to get back by eight 
     Son, don't wait till the break of day 
     'Cause you know how time fades away. 
     Time fades away 
     You know how time fades away. 
      
     Thirteen junkies too weak to work 
     One sells diamonds for what they're worth 
     Down on pain street disappointment lurks. 
     Son, don't be home too late 
     Try to get back by eight, eight 
     Son, don't wait till the break of day 
     'Cause you know how time fades away. 
     Time fades away 
     You know how time fades away. 
      
     Time fades away 
     You know how time fades away 
      
      
     JOURNEY THRU THE PAST 
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     When the winter rains come pourin' down 
     On that new home of mine, 
     Will you think of me and wonder if I'm fine? 
     Will your restless heart come back to mine 
     On a journey thru the past. 
     Will I still be in your eyes and on your mind? 
      
     Now I'm going back to Canada 
     On a journey thru the past 
     And I won't be back till February comes 
     I will stay with you if you'll stay with me, 
     Said the fiddler to the drum, 
     And we'll keep good time on a journey thru the past. 
      
     When the winter rains come pourin' down 
     On that new home of mine, 
     Will I still be in your eyes and on your mind? 
     Will I still be in your eyes and on your mind? 
      
      
     YONDER STANDS THE SINNER 
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     Well, you heard about the Great Pretender? 
     I went to see him and he's not the same 
     Down by the club on the parking lot cinders 
     I was to meet him and play his game. 
     Yonder stands the sinner 
     He calls my name without a sound. 
      
     I saw his face in the attic window 
     Yellin' down through the broken pane 
     Sinner man! What you got to run for? 
     Church bells rang when he said that name. 
     Yonder stands the sinner 
     He calls my name without a sound. 
      
     Well, I was about as scared as I could be. 
     I went and hid behind the nearest tree. 
     Peeked out from behind the branches. 
     Sinner! 
     Yonder stands the sinner 
     He calls my name without a sound 
     To get down. 
      
     I guess you heard about the Great Pretender? 
     I went to see him and he's not the same. 
     I guess you heard about the Great Pretender? 
     I went to see him and he's not the same. 
      
      
     L.A. 
     ---- 
     In a matter of time,  
     There'll be a friend of mine 
     Gonna come to the coast, 
     You're gonna see him 
     Up close for a minute or two 
     While the ground cracks under you. 
      
     By the look in your eyes 
     You'd think that it was a surprise 
     But you seem to forget 
     Something somebody said 
     About the bubbles in the sea 
     And an ocean full of trees. 
      
     And you now, L.A. 
     Uptight, city in the smog, city in the smog. 
     Don't you wish that you could be here too? 
     Don't you wish that you could be here too? 
     Don't you wish that you could be here too? 
      
     Well, it's hard to believe  
     So you get up to leave 
     And you laugh at the door 
     That you heard it all before 
     Oh it's so good to know 
     That it's all just a show for you. 
      
     But when the suppers are planned 
     And the freeways are crammed 
     And the mountains erupt 
     And the valley is sucked 
     Into cracks in the earth 
     Will I finally be heard by you. 
      
     L.A. 
     Uptight, city in the smog, city in the smog. 
     Don't you wish that you could be here too? 
     Don't you wish that you could be here too? 
     Don't you wish that you could be here too? 
      
      
     LOVE IN MIND 
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     Woke up this morning with love in mind 
     It was raining outside but my love still shined 
     Kept me warm till my plane touched the sky 
      
     And I've seen love make a fool of a man 
     He tried to make a loser win. 
     But I've got nothing to lose I can't get back again. 
      
     Man made rules been holdin' back my love 
     Can't hold it back no more. 
     Churches long preach sex is wrong 
     Jesus where is nature gone? 
     What am I doing here? 
     What am I doing here? 
     What am I doing here? 
      
     Woke up this morning with love in mind 
     It was raining outside but my love still shined 
     Kept me warm till my plane touched the sky 
      
      
     DON'T BE DENIED 
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     When I was a young boy, 
     My mama said to me 
     Your daddy's leavin' home today, 
     I think he's gone to stay. 
     We packed up all our bags 
     And drove out to Winnipeg. 
      
     When we got to Winnipeg 
     I checked in to school. 
     I wore white bucks on my feet, 
     When I learned the golden rule. 
     The punches came fast and hard 
     Lying on my back in the school yard. 
      
     Don't be denied, don't be denied. 
     Don't be denied, don't be denied. 
     Don't be denied, don't be denied. 
      
     Well pretty soon I met a friend, 
     He played guitar. 
     We used to sit on the steps at school 
     And dream of being stars. 
     We started a band, 
     We played all night. 
      
     Don't be denied, don't be denied. 
     Don't be denied, don't be denied. 
     Don't be denied, don't be denied. 
      
     Oh Canada 
     We played all night 
     I really hate to leave you now 
     But to stay just wouldn't be right. 
     Down in Hollywood 
     We played so good 
      
     The businessmen crowded around 
     They came to hear the golden sound 
     There we were on the Sunset Strip, 
     Playing our songs for the highest bid. 
     We played all night 
     The price was right. 
      
     Don't be denied, don't be denied. 
     Don't be denied, don't be denied. 
     Don't be denied, don't be denied. 
      
     Well, all that glitters isn't gold 
     I know you've heard that story told. 
     And I'm a pauper in a naked disguise 
     A millionaire through a business man's eyes. 
     Oh friend of mine 
     Don't be denied. 
      
      
     THE BRIDGE 
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     The bridge, we'll build it now 
     It may take a lot of time 
     And it maybe lonely but 
     Ooh baby, ooh baby. 
      
     The bridge was falling down 
     And that took a lot of lies 
     And it made me lonely 
     Ooh baby, ooh baby. 
      
     The bridge was falling. 
     The bridge was falling. 
     The bridge was falling. 
      
     One day, when you talked to me 
     I saw myself again 
     And it made me love you. 
     Ooh baby, ooh baby. 
      
     And love came running down 
     Like a river on your skin 
     And you let me in. 
     Ooh babe, ooh babe. 
      
     You let me in 
     You let me in 
     You let me in 
      
     The bridge, we'll build it now 
     It may take a lot of time. 
      
      
     LAST DANCE 
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     Wake up! It's a Monday morning 
     No time left to say goodbye 
     Can't breathe and the lights are changing. 
     You can live your own life 
     Making it happen 
     Working on your own time 
     Laid back and laughin' 
     Oh no, oh no. 
      
     Headlights, make it home by sundown 
     Feeling that the day is through 
     Return back to where you come from 
     You can live your own life 
     Making it happen 
     Working on your own time 
     Laid back and laughin' 
     Oh no, oh no. 
      
     You wake up in the mornin' 
     And the sun's comin' up. 
     Its been up for hours and hours and hours 
     And hours and hours and hours 
     It's been up for hours and hours and hours 
     And you light up the stove 
     And the coffee cup, its hot. 
     And the orange juice is cold, cold, cold 
     Monday morning, 
     Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up 
     Its time to go, 
     Time to go to work. 
      
     You can live your own life 
     Making it happen 
     Working on your own time 
     Laid back and laughin' 
     Oh no, oh no. 
     No, no, no. 
      
      
     LONELY WEEKEND 
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     Come along and say you will, 
     Be the one to change the meaning 
     Of the writing on the wall 
     The lonely politician is lying in the hall. 
      
     Come along and say you can, 
     Be the one to take this feeling, 
     I'll never understand, 
     Why walk around the center 
     With a nail through your hand? 
      
     It's another way to run, 
     It's a lonely weekend 
     And what have you done? 
     You know you got a reason to run, babe 
     You know you got a reason to hide, babe 
      
     Come along and say you will, 
     Be the one to change the meaning 
     Of the writing on the wall 
     The lonely politician is lying in the hall. 
      
     It's another way to run, 
     It's a lonely weekend 
     And what have you done? 
     You know you got a reason to run, babe 
     You know you got a reason to hide, babe. 
      
     Come along and say you can, 
     Be the one to take this feeling, 
     I'll never understand, 
     Why walk around the center 
     With a nail through your hand? 
      
      
     SWEET JONI 
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     Sweet Joni from Saskatoon 
     There's a ring for your finger 
     It looks like the sun 
     But it feels like the moon 
      
     Sweet Joni from Saskatoon 
     Don't go, don't go too soon. 
      
     Who lives in an old hotel, 
     Near the ancient ruins. 
     Only time can tell, 
     Time can tell. 
      
     Go easy, the doorman said 
     The floor is slippery, 
     So watch your head. 
     This message read. 
      
     Sweet Joni from Saskatoon 
     There's a ring for your finger 
     It shines like the sun 
     But it feels like the moon. 
      
     Sweet Joni from Saskatoon 
     Don't go, don't go too soon. 
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