I watched you steal away

A man's best years

With the drumming of his fingers

With the kicking of his heels



I watched you put away

Your sweetest sins

I watched tempters satisfied

With the sweet taste of wasted time



Don't let me disappear

Don't let me fall apart

Don't lead me to the wayside

Just don't let me go

Don't let me fade away



I watched him travel down

A steady road

With no milestones

Just a gentle slope



Soft underfoot

No sudden turns to warn of sliding

Down that safe and sound

But all too familiar road

This is all too familiar



Don't let me disappear

Don't let me fall apart

Don't lead me to the wayside

Just don't let me go

Don't let me fade away



Just keep this off my mind

Anything or not a thing will do



I watched you steal away

A man's best years

With the drumming of his fingers

With the kicking of his heels



Without the twinkle in his eye

I watched him beg and plead with moving lips

And bended knee

Just to have you back



Be numb my heart

O' nothingness



Don't let me disappear

Don't let me fall apart

Don't lead me to the wayside

Just don't let me go

Don't let me fade away



They've got you wrapped around their fingers

Because anything or not a thing will do

(A dead fire in a cold room)