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?!