Lyrics to
You Can’t Hold On Too Long

This version of You Can’T Hold On Too Long was released by The Cars in 1979.

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i can’t put out your fire
i know it’s too late
i can’t be up for hire
it’s not my best trait
the gallow glass is cracking
it’s starting to smash
how can you cry
without blinking a lash
you’re feeling cross and wavy
on the edge of the cuff
you’re pushing and popping
you can’t get enough
you wish that it was over
you never slow down
you’re looking for kicks
there’s nothing around
you can’t hold on too long
it’s alright
you can’t hold on too
long it’s alright
you’re surrounded by the laughing boys
they puncture your style
they send for their bandanas
you try for their smile
you’d like to come in colors
you don’t know which one
you can’t be too choosy
it’s just for fun

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About Lyrics and You Can’T Hold On Too Long by The Cars

When you decide to study the lyrics to You Can’T Hold On Too Long, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by The Cars. Some of the lyrics to You Can’T Hold On Too Long have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only The Cars and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to You Can’T Hold On Too Long if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to You Can’T Hold On Too Long" means the words set to the music of You Can’T Hold On Too Long, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Cars. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to You Can’T Hold On Too Long and the lyrics to You Can’T Hold On Too Long are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Cars who came here looking just for the lyrics to You Can’T Hold On Too Long, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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