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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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Musically this is a very similar song to the final “Don’t Fade on Me”, but the lyrics are almost entirely different. Where the final version is a direct appeal to a departing lover, this home recording is about a guitarist involved in a romantic triangle with his bass player’s love.
Well it's me who plays the guitar
And it's him who plays the bass
We're called The Rising Sons
We play all over the place
The bassman loves a young girl
Who lives down on Garden Road
She ain't no good for him
But he don't seem to know
Don't fade on me
You're all I got
Don't fade on me
It was hard she left him
His spirit sank so low
He rode that Silver Eagle
As far as it would go
She made me feel a stranger
Yeah she made me feel a fool
She made me out an outlaw
When it was her who broke the rules
Don't fade on me
You're all I got
Don't fade on me
Well the trees are green as Eden
And the sun is overhead
But today I am too weary
To even leave my bed
And tonight we sing for the gypsies
And we sing for the rock and roll bands
And for every soul that's drifted
Away across this land
Don't fade on me
You're all I got
Don't fade on me