CHOSE A LIFE IN CIRCUSES,
JUMPED INTO THE DEEPEST END.
PUSHING HIMSELF TO ALL EXTREMES, MADE IT,
PEOPLE BECAME HIS FRIENDS.
NOW THEY STOOD AND NOTICED HIM,
WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT.
PULLED OUT SOME POOR MACHINERY,
SO HE WORKED 'TIL THE PIECES FIT.
THE PEOPLE WERE INTRIGUED,
HIS WIFE HELD BACK HER FEARS.
THE HEADLINES GAVE ACCLAIM,
HE'D REALISED THEIR DREAMS.
FASTER THAN A BULLET FROM A GUN,
HE IS FASTER THAN EV'RYONE.
QUICKER THAN A BLINKING OF AN EYE,
LIKE A FLASH YOU COULD MISS HIM GOING BY.
NO ONE KNOWS QUITE HOW HE DOES IT
BUT IT'S TRUE, THEY SAY,
HE'S A MASTER OF GOING FASTER.
NOW HE MOVED INTO THE SPACE
THAT THE SPECIAL PEOPLE SHARE.
RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF DO OR DIE
WHERE THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO SPARE.
STILL THE CROWDS CAME POURING IN,
SOME HAD HOPED TO SEE HIM FAIL.
FILLING THEIR HEART WITH JEALOUSIES,
CRAZY PEOPLE WITH LOVE SO FRAIL.
THE PEOPLE WERE INTRIGUED,
HIS WIFE HELD BACK HER FEARS.
THE HEADLINES GAVE ACCLAIM,
HE'D REALISED THEIR DREAMS.
FASTER THAN A BULLET FROM A GUN,
HE IS FASTER THAN EV'RYONE.
QUICKER THAN A BLINKING OF AN EYE,
LIKE A FLASH YOU COULD MISS HIM GOING BY.
NO ONE KNOWS QUITE HOW HE DOES IT
BUT IT'S TRUE, THEY SAY,
HE'S A MASTER OF GOING FASTER.
NO NEED TO WONDER WHY
HIS WIFE HELD BACK HER FEARS.
SO FEW HAVE EVEN TRIED
TO REALISE THEIR DREAMS.
FASTER THAN A BULLET FROM A GUN,
HE IS FASTER THAN EV'RYONE.
QUICKER THAN A BLINKING OF AN EYE,
LIKE A FLASH YOU COULD MISS HIM GOING BY.
NO ONE KNOWS QUITE HOW HE DOES IT
BUT IT'S TRUE, THEY SAY,
HE'S A MASTER OF GOING FASTER.
NO ONE KNOWS QUITE HOW HE DOES IT
BUT IT'S TRUE, THEY SAY,
HE'S A MASTER OF GOING FASTER.
"Faster" is inspired by Jackie Stewart and Niki Lauda.
Dedicated to the Entire Formula One Circus.
Special thanks to Jody Scheckter, In memory of Ronnie Peterson.