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 a thieving pirate
Out of gold that they stole from the Queen
Stole from a man
Who's favourite hand
Is one that he will always lend

Well I'm building this levee
By the Mississippi
Before I die in an unmarked grave

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 going on
Down south of Babylon
So why don't you just fade away