i know, that i'll go crazy without you
but without you is how i must go
and i played a round of poker with three blind mice
took a bullet in my belly and i cheated death twice
so i know, oh good lord i know
all i really know

is that i'm fading, i'm fading away
fading, i'm fading away
fading, i'm fading away
and i....

well i don't claim to know the meaning of a wife
but i lost a lover who could've been my life before
and i can't understand why you treat me so bad
after all of the good times and smiles i had before
i guess that was all before
yes that was all before...

is that i'm fading, i'm fading away
fading, i'm fading away
fading, i'm fading away
and i....

know that these arms
will reach for you girl
and i'll keep holdin' on, holdin' on to you
yah, i'll keep holding on, holdin' on to you
cause no matter where i go, no matter what i do
i'm alone, i'm alone