Fourteen junkies
    too weak to work
One sells diamonds
    for what they're worth
Down on pain street,
    disappointment lurks
Son, don't be home too late.
Try to get back by eight
Son, don't wait
    till the break of day
'Cause you know
    how time fades away.
Time fades away
You know how time fades away.

All day presidents
    look out windows
All night sentries
    watch the moonglow
All are waiting till
    the time is right
Son, don't be home too late
Try to get back by eight
Son, don't wait
    till the break of day
'Cause you know
    how time fades away.
Time fades away
You know how time fades away.

Back in Canada I spent my days
Riding subways through a haze
I was handcuffed,
    I was born & raised
Son, don't be home too late
Try to get back by eight
Son, don't wait
    till the break of day
'Cause you know
    how time fades away.
Time fades away
You know how time fades away.

Thirteen junkies
    too weak to work
One sells diamonds
    for what they're worth
Down on pain street
    disappointment lurks.
Son, don't be home too late
Try to get back by eight, eight
Son, don't wait
    till the break of day
'Cause you know
    how time fades away.
Time fades away
You know how time fades away.

Time fades away
You know how time fades away