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 thieving pirates 

Out of gold 

That they stole from the queen 

Stole from a man 

Whose favorite hand 

Is one that he will always land 

Well I'm building us a levee 

By the Mississippi 

For I'll die 

In an unmarked grave 



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