I've been sinning
I've been livin'
I've been beaten
By Saturdays
On a diamond
I lay on a diamond
On a diamond
I lay awake
D'Artagnan
Good ol' D'Artagnan
He ain't got a thing on me
I've been minding
To my field of timing
Too bad your time in
It just never came

Well I don't know how else to say it
In a diffrent way
But why don't you just fade away
'Cause there's a battle going on
Down south of Babylon
So why don;t you just fade away

I've been dealing
I've been healing
I've been dealing
A crooked game
Thieving pirates
I'm thieving pirates
out of gold that
they stole from the queen
Stole from a man
Who's favorite hand
Is one that he will always lack

Well I'm building this levee
by the Mississippi
Or I'll die in an unmarked bay

Well I don't know how else to say it
In a different way
but why don't you just fade away
'cause there's a battle goin on
Down south of Babylon
So why don't you just fade away