Fell in love in high school
With a brown hair, green-eyed girl
I walked her home almost every day
Held her hand, I held the world

Made our plan to run away
I couldn't wait to share her life
We started counting down the days
She couldn't wait to be my wife

I got a job at 'motcar'
I turned 18 next spring
By summer had my own place
Gonna buy my baby's ring

Fell in with the wrong crowd
Breaking laws I broke her heart
By autumn was in handcuffs
Baby's crying on her front yard

And that's what hurt the most
I saw it in her green eyes
She had seen a ghost

My momma saw me every week
Tried her hardest not to cry
She told me that she loved me
Disappointment in her eyes

I said momma I love you to
I'm gonna make you proud one day
A month before I got out
They told me momma passed away

And that's what hurt the most
I saw it in her sad eyes
Her son was a ghost

I hate this life I choose
Long before she died
Her son was a ghost

Now I got my freedom
But it feels like emptiness
In front of the apartment
Where your sister says you live.
And there is another man
Who fills my empty shoes
And darling you don't see me
But you know I see you

I drift off'

I'm gonna fade away
Beyond the city lights
I'm gonna fade away
Through the empty night
I'm gonna fade away
Drifting out your life
I wanna fade away
Through the empty night