Janis Ian Lyrics
"Fly Too High"

Anonymous, autonomous will likely get the best of us yet
Before you disappear if you can lend me half an ear I'll regret
If I treat you like a number, it's because I can't remember your name
So have another cigarette and help me to forget what I came

You run too fast, fly too high, run too fast and fly too high

On dark and lonely nights I'm only
Right when things are bright on the floor
Dancing and romancing, gallivanting with a handsome I score
And if you don't believe me, you should see me when I'm ready to roar
Cause I'll lose my concentration with a new infatuation, I'm sure

You run too fast, fly too high, you run too fast, fly too high
We got no past, no goodbye, you run to fast and you fly too high

Would you believe I was once gonna be somebody' Yeah
I packed up my bags and I took what I had to the city, yeah yeah
Man, I was rough to find the best I could be
Waiting for the limit on a color TV
Now I've made it this far, got a room on the park and a view
And you fly too high

You run too fast, fly too high, run too fast, fly too high
We got no past, no goodbye, run to fast and you fly too

Hanging around on the infield, what do you steal
But another feel at the top'
Making believe in the long run, when a shotgun
Is the way to get out of the shop
Hang tail in a new jail, you can go bail
You can dance until you drop
Cause there's no fool like an old fool in a new school
You just can't stop

You run too fast, fly too high, run too fast, fly too high
Got no past, no goodbye, run to fast and you fly too