2073 – Bruce Springsteen – Fade away (1980)

 

 

Escrita por Bruce Springsteen, foi gravada entre março e junho de 1980, no Power Station Studios, em New York City e lançada em 17 de outubro de 1980, no disco The River, o quinto de Bruce. Sairia também em compacto, com Be true como Lado B, em 22 de janeiro de 1981. Foi produzida por Bruce Springsteen, Steve Van Zandt e Jon Landau. Foi uma das últimas músicas a serem gravadas pro disco. Chegou ao número 20 no Billboard Hot 100. É uma das canções favoritas de Steve Van Zandt (das de Bruce), mas acha que não é tocada muito nos shows por ser lenta. Toda vez que a toca, Bruce diz que estão tocando porque Steve quer ouví-la, pois é uma de suas favoritas. Bruce cantou e tocou guitarra. Roy Bittan tocou piano. Clarence Clemons tocou pandeiro e chocalho. Danny Federici tocou orgão. Garry Tallent tocou baixo. Steve Van Zandt tocou guitarra e fez harmonias vocais. Max Weinberg tocou bateria.

A letra:

Oh

Well now you say you've found another man
Who does things to you that I can't
And that no matter what I do it's all over now
Between me and you girl
But I can't believe what you say
No I can't believe what you say
'Cause baby

I don't want to fade away
Oh I don't want to fade away
Tell me what can I do what can I say
'Cause darlin' I don't want to fade away

Well now you say that you've made up your mind
It's been such a long, long time since it's been good with us
And that somewhere back along the line you lost your love and
I lost your trust
Now rooms that once were so bright
Are filled with the coming night, oh darlin'

I don't want to fade away
Oh I don't want to fade away
Tell me what can I do what can I say
'Cause darlin' I don't want to fade away

You say it's not easy for you
And that you've been so lonely
While other girls go out doing what they want to do
You say that you miss the nights when we'd go out dancing
The days when you and I walked as two
Well girl, I miss them, too
Oh I swear that I do
Oh girl

Now baby I don't want to be just another useless memory holding you tight
Or just some other ghost out on the street to whom you stop and politely speak
When you pass on by vanishing into the night
Left to vanish into the night
No baby

I don't want to fade away
Oh I don't want to fade away
Tell me what can I do what can I say
'Cause darlin' I don't want to fade away
Oh darlin', I don't want to fade away
No, I don't want to fade away
Tell me what can I do what can I say
'Cause darlin' I don't want to fade away

Don't make me darlin'
I don't want to fade away
Don't make me darlin'
No, I don't want to fade away
I don't want to fade away
I don't want to fade away

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