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