Eddie Vedder
Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town (Live 2017)
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
I seem to recognize your face
Haunting familiar, yet I can't seem to place it
Cannot find the candle of thought to light your name
Lifetimes are catching up with me
All these changes taking place
I wish I'd seen the place but no one's ever taken me

[Chorus]
Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away
Oh hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away

[Verse 2]
I swear, I recognize your breath
Memories, like fingerprints, they are slowly raising
Me, you, wouldn't recall, for I'm not my former
It's hard when you're stuck upon the shelf
Now I change by not changing at all
Small town predicts my fate
Perhaps that's what no one wants to see
I just want to scream, "Hello, yeah, yeah
My god its been so long
Never dreamed you'd return
But now here you are and here I am"
Hearts and thoughts they fade away
Away, yeah
[Spoken Word]
Sing this one with me

[Chorus]
Hearts and thoughts they fade away
Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away
Oh hearts and thoughts they fade away
Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away