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