Kelly Willis Fading Fast written by Kelly Willis John Levanthal Mark Spencer acoustic guitar Jon Dee Graham lap steel guitar Michael Been bass Larry Aberman drums Amy Noelle Farris fiddle/harmony E A If I ran so far F# B That my life can't follow me E A Would it keep the world F# B >From up and swallowing me A B E A There's so much to weigh me down that I can't hardly breathe C#m F# And I don't want to think about it C#m F# But I don't want this pain to last E B C#m And I I'm fading fast E A If I didn't look back F# B And I changed my name E A F# B Would I find my new life exactly the same A B E A I'm looking at an empty future that I already blame C#m F# And I don't want to think about it C#m F# But I don't want this pain to last E B C#m And I I'm fading fast A I've put it all behind me A Just to have it one day find me A B And now I'm just this far from gone Solo A B E A And so I'm leaving here on every cent that I could borrow A F# B Lord only knows just where I'll be tomorrow C#m F# And I don't want to think about it C#m F# But I don't want this pain to last E B And I I'm fading C#m F# I don't want to think about it C#m F# But I don't want this pain to last E B C#m F# And I I'm fading fast E B C#m F# E#m Yea I I'm fading fast >From Kelly Willis "What I Derserve" Rykodisc 1999 Songs Of Polygram/Will She Kills Us(BMI) Lev-A-Tunes(ASCAP)