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1.   It's K-Mart, the bathroom ,        I'm staring in the mirror, 
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    the green lights are bright, it makes the lines clearer. 
     G5          D5             - E5                             C5 
    Where did the angels go,       cigarette smoke's all that's left, 
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    I've traded my wings in for a string of pearls, 
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    and now the string is all I've le...........ft. 
  
 
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2.    The light bulbs burn so much,         someone's in the stall, 
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    big white        brick wall, makes me feel small. 
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    And I       I take my shirt off, looking for a glimpse of flesh, 
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    I peel back the concrete, I hope there's still some soil left. 
  
 
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    'Cause I am fading, I am fading, I am fading away. 
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    I am fading, just like fairy tales, when the hero loses faith. 
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    I am fading. 
  
 
       G5                D5       - E5                                  C5 
3.   The air smells like urine,          it's getting hard to breeze, 
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    I could walk out that door, but no one ever really  leaves. 
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    And I      I take all my clothing off, trying not to forget, 
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    oh,      stupid things like the color of rain, 
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    and the smell of stone when it's wet. 
  
 
           C5                  E5               Bb5         A5 
    And I am naked in the mirror with a feather in my hand, 
           C5                      E5 
    the lady comes out of the bathroom , 
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   screaming, "Oh, Jesus!" Like I was a man. 
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    And I ask her "Hey, what happens to us,  
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    when we get old and in the way?" 
     G5            D5                  - E5                          C5 
    I guess she answered me, 'cos they,   they took me away. 
  
 
       G5                 D5       E5                C5 
    And I am fading, I am fading, I    am fading away. 
         G5               D5                       E5            C5 
    I am fading, just like fairy tales, when the hero loses faith. 
               G5                D5 
    And I can't remember, why or when, 
       E5                   C5 
    I hope that I'll remember again. 
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    And I am fa......ding.        And I'm fa......ding.