Tom Petty
Tom Petty
Tom Petty
Tom Petty
Tom Petty
Tom Petty
Tom Petty
Tom Petty
Tom Petty
Tom Petty
Tom Petty
Tom Petty
Tom Petty
Tom Petty
Tom Petty
This amazing, haunting song began with very different lyrics about a girl tearing a small, local band apart.
It’s music stayed almost identical. It’s based on a tuning Mike W. Campbell showed Tom (Drop-D), which Tom says was enough of an inspiration to deserve mike a co-writing credit.
The song is...
[Verse 1]
I remember you so clearly
The first one through the door
I return to find you drifting
Too far from the shore
[Verse 2]
I remember feeling this way
You can lose it without knowing
You wake up and you don't notice
Which way the wind is blowing
[Chorus]
So don't fade
No, don't fade on me
[Verse 3]
You were the one who made things different
You were the one who took me in
You were the one thing I could count on
Above all, you were my friend
[Chorus]
So don't fade
Don't fade on me
[Verse 4]
Well, your clothes hang on a wire
And the sun is overhead
But today you are too weary
To even leave your bed
[Verse 5]
Was it love that took you under?
Or did you know too much?
Was it something you could picture
But never could quite touch?
[Chorus]
Don't fade
No, don't fade on me
[Chorus]
So don't fade
Don't fade on me
Don’t Fade on Me was written by Tom Petty & Mike Campbell.
Don’t Fade on Me was produced by Rick Rubin & Tom Petty & Mike Campbell.
Tom Petty released Don’t Fade on Me on Tue Nov 01 1994.