The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Ooh
Aah
Last night we had an argument
Oh, oh, yes we did
Although baby, the things I said
I never meant
Girl, I'm so sorry
That I broke
Your tender heart
For we've come too far to end it now
You say you're satisfied
And we can leave things just like this
Oh, oh, baby, but what you don't realize is
Without your love I can't exist
So, please, oh, please
Have mercy on me
Can't you see
We've come much too far to end it now
Oh, (we've come) we've come (too far) much too far to end it now, oh
Yeah, I know, I know
There's much too there in store
Oh, yes it is oh
To ever think about ending this
Would be so very wrong
Oh, yes it is
Oh yes it is
Ooh, we've had arguments before
But there's one thing you must know
That I think
We've come much too far to end it
Baby, don't ya know
I could never let you go
Baby, love you so gotta let ya know
We've come much too far to
Baby, come to me
Gotta make you see
We can make it last
Just like in the past
We've come much too far to end it
Aah
Last night we had an argument
Oh, oh, yes we did
Although baby, the things I said
I never meant
Girl, I'm so sorry
That I broke
Your tender heart
For we've come too far to end it now
You say you're satisfied
And we can leave things just like this
Oh, oh, baby, but what you don't realize is
Without your love I can't exist
So, please, oh, please
Have mercy on me
Can't you see
We've come much too far to end it now
Oh, (we've come) we've come (too far) much too far to end it now, oh
Yeah, I know, I know
There's much too there in store
Oh, yes it is oh
To ever think about ending this
Would be so very wrong
Oh, yes it is
Oh yes it is
Ooh, we've had arguments before
But there's one thing you must know
That I think
We've come much too far to end it
Baby, don't ya know
I could never let you go
Baby, love you so gotta let ya know
We've come much too far to
Baby, come to me
Gotta make you see
We can make it last
Just like in the past
We've come much too far to end it
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We've Come Too Far to End It Now Lyrics as written by David Jones Jr Jr.
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