Fast As I Can Lyrics - James Mcmurtry

He was a drinking man with a guitar problem 

Didn't have a dollar to his name 

He didn't seem to mind it all that often 

He mostly took whatever came 

And if it came too late or it came to nothing 

He'd swear beneath his breath 

There's gotta be something to it 

There's gotta be something to it 

She lost her mind and she never missed it 

Folks all said she'd never learn 

She'd take the path of least resistance 

Right to the point of no return 

Apprehended on occasion, got off easy every time 

Said there's gotta be something to it, something to it 

Don't know why else 

She want to put herself through it 

When your nights are getting colder 

Restless as the wind 

I'll be coming over 

Fast as I can, fast as I can 

Well, he had some lines but he never used 'em 

She didn't need much talking to 

And he thought he'd died and gone to Houston 

By the time the dawn burned off the dew 

And they lit right up like Roman candles 

Like fire and gasoline 

There must've been something to it, something to it 

Didn't mess around, they just had to get right to it 

When your nights are getting colder 

Restless as the wind 

I'll be coming over 

Fast as I can, fast as I can 

For a while they carried on like rabbits 

They'd disappear for days and nights 

You might say they learned each other's habits 

You might say that became their life 

And life wasn't long, life wasn't easy 

Life wasn't cheap, life wasn't fair 

And there might have been something to it 

There might have been something to it 

When your nights are getting colder 

Restless as the wind 

I'll be coming over 

Fast as I can, fast as I can 

When your nights are getting colder 

Restless as the wind 

I'll be coming over 

Fast as I can, fast as I can