Fading - The O'Jays

(Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh) (Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh) (Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh) (Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh) Call it just a drill Darlin', don't leave this way Broke this world we built And we've only ourselves to blame Crying all of your make-up on my shirt I don't know how to let go It was you always Is there just too much to fix to keep alive the flame? Is all of your love fading, fading out? (ooh) (Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh) Don't give up, baby, baby, now (ooh) (Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh) Is all of your love fading, fading out? (ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh) (Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh) Don't give up, baby, baby, now (ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh) (Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh) All the stupid things we said Just two kids we are I smell of booze and cigarettes And we're shouting in your car Say it's not over yet I was built by your heart alone, hmm Where do I go from here now? How do I find a place to call home? Is all of your love fading, fading out? Don't give up, baby, baby, now Am I ever gonna see your face again? Just say that this is not the end And I'll find you down another road To light the world up together again I'll be waiting, waiting now Ooh (Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh) (Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh) (Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh) (Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh) Is all of your love fading, fading out? (ooh) Don't give up, baby, baby, now (ooh) Ooh, is all of your love fading, fading out? (ooh) (Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh) And I'll never give up, baby, baby, now

You say you love me Well they feel like words to me Well this just ain't workin' Stop thinkin' you can run over me I'm driftin', I'm settlin' Off to a foreign place If I can't see what's in front of me It's a mystery, well then apparently Things just ain't the same And I'm ready for change Go on, begone, bye bye, so long Can't you see that you're Fading, fading, fading, fa-a-a-a-away Away, away, away, away I opened up my eyes, and I finally realized Today, today, it's too late You're fading away Put a sock in it just stop running your mouth Got my mind made up, I ain't coming back again No way, no way, no way, no way 'Cause I'm so fed up, boy you got me messed up If you hit me back up, don't press your luck today, today I'm blowing you away Things just ain't the same And I'm ready for change Go on, begone, tah tah, so long Can't you see that you're Fading, fading, fading, fa-a-a-a-away Away, away, away, away I opened up my eyes, and I finally realized Today, today, it's too late You're fading away So you turned into a ghost right in front of my eyes Tell me what's a girl to do when she's crying inside I'm about to go and say I'm jumping off this train Whether wrong or right, I'll be gone by night Can't you see that you're Fading, fading, fading, fa-a-a-a-away Away, away, away, away I opened up my eyes, and I finally realized Today, today, it's too late You're fading away

My soul is fading We got it all wrong This world managed to teach us how to sing our song And my soul is fading But I know what pure graces it could be But I know what pure graces it could be Violence with more violence with more violence Your soul is fading My soul is fading We got it all wrong This world managed to teach us how to sing our song And my soul is fading But I know what pure graces it could be We got it all wrong But I know what pure graces it could be My soul is fading No more sorrow, no more pain, we could build a brighter tomorrow My soul is fading We got it all wrong We traded ours souls for pleasure that don't belong Violence with more violence with more violence Your soul is fading My soul is fading We got it all wrong This world managed to teach us how to sing our song And my soul is fading But I know what pure graces it could be But I know what pure graces it could be My soul is fading We got it all wrong This world managed to teach us how to sing our song And my soul is fading But I know what pure graces it could be But I know what pure graces it could be My soul is fading, but I know it's not too late But I know what pure graces it could be My soul is fading No more sorrow, no more pain We could build a brighter tomorrow My soul is fading We got it all wrong We traded ours souls for pleasure that don't belong

You got that walk, walk, walk Got that talk, talk, talk Got that swagger Such a glamour You're like a real life doll With your hair that falls Like Niagara But that don't matter 'Cause that don't change the fact That your heart is black You can't tear me down Beat me to the ground Try to block my sunshine My blue skies with your clouds And who do you think you are? Yeah that won't get you far You may think you're pretty But you'll see that beauty Is a fading flower Fading flower Fading flower You'll only play, play, play If you get your way always In the center Of attention All the lying And the cheating The mistreating How you even sleep at night Blows my mind I wonder when you'll see That you don't bother me So you can't tear me down Beat me to the ground Try to block my sunshine My blue skies with your clouds And who do you think you are? Yeah that won't get you far You may think you're pretty But you'll see that beauty Is a fading flower Fading flower Fading flower I spent all of my youth Trying to be you Thought that you were special That you were beautiful But the more of you I see The more I'm glad I'm me 'Cause you can't tear me down Beat me to the ground Try to block my sunshine My blue skies with your clouds And who do you think you are? Yeah, that won't get you far (that won't get you far) You may think you're pretty But you'll see that beauty Is a fading flower Fading flower (fading flower) Fading flower

Oh, yeah What a song, what a song to sing And I'm singin' my song, yeah, yeah, yeah Sing a song, yeah, yeah, yeah She faced the hardest times you would imagine And many times her eyes fought back the tears, yeah, yeah And when her youthful world was about to fall in Each time her slender shoulders Bore the weight of all her fears and a sorrow no one hear Still rings in midnight silence in her ear Let her cry for she's a lady Let her dream, she's a child Let the rain fall down upon her She's a free and gentle flower growin' wild And if by chance I should hold her, hold her Let me, let me hold her for a little while And if I had but one possession, possession I would take her from the garden to be mine, oh, yeah, yeah Be careful how you touch her for she night awaken And sleep is the only freedom that the little girl knows And when you walk into your eyes, you won't believe The way she's always payin' For a debt she never, never owed And the silent wind still blows But only she can hear, and so she goes Let her cry, oh, for she's a lady Let her dream, she is a child Let the rain fall down upon her She's a free and gentle flower growin' wild Let her cry, cry for she's a lady Let her dream and dream and dream and dream, she's a child Let the rain fall down upon her She's a free and gentle flower growin' wild She's, she's, she's a free and gentle flower, yeah, yeah I'ma tell the world about my wildflower, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Growin', growin', growin', yeah, yeah, yeah, ooh, yeah, yeah Growin', growin', growin', yeah, growin' wild She's a flower growin', growin' wild She's a flower growin', growin' wild She's a flower growin', growin' wild She's a flower growin' wild Wild, wild, la-la, growin' wild Wild, wild, la-la, growin' wild Wild, wild, la-la, growin' wild Wild, wild, la-la, growin' wild

You're the sweetest thing I know You dim the rainbow's glow There's no power on this earth To separate us, baby 'Cause you are my sunshine And you are, you are, you are mine, all mine, yeah (You are mine, all mine) When it rained on my parade You were there to lighten the way You're rare as a rose in winter You're more, more than I deserve 'Cause you, you are (You are my sunshine) You brighten up my darkest day yeah, you (You are mine, all mine) You're mine, all mine, all mine, all mine, all mine, all mine Baby, it's you Words like darling, sweetheart, forever Girl it's you I'll always adore They only say I love you But you mean so much more 'Cause you are, you are, you are, you are (You are my sunshine) You're my sunshine, my sunshine Baby, baby, you are, you're mine (You are mine, all mine) All mine, all mine, all mine, all mine Hey you, you are (You are my sunshine) You're my sunshine, sunshine, sunshine And you're everything to me, all my [Incomprehensible] (You're mine, all mine) I gotta love you sweety, honey, baby (You are my sunshine) You are, you are, you are You're my sunshine, my sunshine, my sunshine You are (You are my sunshine) You're mine