#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Fading Lady by Jerry Jeff Walker Count all your jewelry and your lace Count all the shoes beneath your bed And while you're countin' all those things in your head Try and wrest the sorrow from your face When you were young, you courted All the pretty boys And laughed aloud with ones they knew And soon you walked and talked And thought just like them too And now you wonder of what's become of you Count all your jewelry and your lace Count all the shoes beneath your bed And while you're counting all those things in your head Try and wrest the sorrow from your face When you chose one to be your husband for your life You weighed his good point by his gain His promised security was fulfilled and you felt fine But now in your age, those mellow years won't sustain Count all your jewelry and your lace Count all the shoes beneath your bed And while you're counting all those things in your head Try and wrest the sorrow from your face Now for imagination Where you seek out the one Who live a life of dreams they build You have no gifts to share and You've nothing for no one So just watch the colors fading as you start to wilt Count all your jewelry and your lace Count all the shoes beneath your bed And while you're counting all those things in your head Try and wrest the sorrow from your face