Not that this ever happened to me, but . . .
© 2004, Steven E. Cutts
a Studio C recording, summer 2009
I always figured if I kept my eyes open, I could steer around trouble in time.
I was so careful, so wary, absolutely cautionary; never driftin’ over the line.
Well, I must have been distracted; by the way that I reacted
You’d have thought I was asleep at the wheel.
Full-force, throttle stuck, Love hit me like a Mack truck.
You can’t guess how awful I feel!
Hit-and-Run Heartbreak has left me hurtin’;
She barreled in from out of the blue.
Hit-and-Run Heartbreak – it’s for certain
That my ego was left battered and bruised.
She put me out of commission; it was total demolition;
I’m disabled from my head to my toes.
Hit-and-Run Heartbreak – how much can one heart take?
I can’t risk another of those!
By the time I was aware that she was even there
The situation had spun out of control.
She had blinded me like high beams; scary like a bad dream;
I’d never met a woman so bold.
I still have memories of her eyes as they cruelly hypnotized
And persuaded me to let down my guard.
Then she suddenly disappeared before my vision cleared;
Didn’t realize she had hit me so hard.
Well, Hit-and-Run Heartbreak has left me hurtin’ . . .
Has anybody seen her? She sure took me to the cleaners!
I’ve got whiplash from my head to my toes . . .
She shattered my nerves; crumpled my cockiness;
Crippled any swagger I had.
Then she flattened my spirits, dented my confidence;
My heart got busted up bad!
But I really must admit even though I took a hit
I might be willing to forgive and forget
If I got a second chance to maneuver with romance
And return to the scene of the crash.
Hit-and-Run Heartbreak has left me hurtin’;
She barreled in from out of the blue.
Hit-and-Run Heartbreak -- maybe I was flirtin’ –
But my ego was left battered and bruised.
Can I buy some insurance – just a little reassurance --
This’ll never ever happen again?
Hit-and-Run Heartbreak -- how much can one heart take?
I never thought I’d get mine to mend!
Well, Hit-and-Run Heartbreak – how much can one heart take?
Do you think I should gamble again?!