Did I just hear an
alarm start ringing
Did I see sirens
go flying past
Though I don't know
what tomorrow's bringing
I've got a singular
impression
Things are
moving too fast
I'm gliding smooth
as a figure skater
I'm riding hot as
a rocket blast
I just expected it
ten years later
I've got a singular
impression
Things are
moving too fast
And you say
Oh no
Step on the brakes
Do whatever it takes
But stop this train
Slow slow
The light's turing red
But I say
No! No!
Whatever I do
I barrel on through
And I don't complain
No matter what I try
I'm flying full
speed ahead
I'm never worried
to walk the wire
I won't do anything
just half-assed
But with the stakes
getting somewhat higher
I've got a singular
impression
that things are
moving too fast
I found a woman I love
And I found an agent
who loves me
Things might
get bumpy but
Some people analyze
every detail
Some people stall when
they can't see the trail
Some people freeze
out of fear that they'll fail
But I keep rollin' on
Some people can't
find success with their art
Some people never
feel love in their heart
Some people can't tell
the two things apart
But I keep rollin' on
Oh oh
maybe I can't
follow through
But oh oh
what else am I
supposed to do
I dreamed of writing
like the high and mighty
Now I'm the subject
of a bidding war
I met my personal
Aphrodite
I'm doing things I
never dreamed of before
We start to take the
next step together
Found an apartment
on Seventy-Third
The Atlantic Monthly's
printing my first chapter
Two thousand bucks
without rewriting one word
I left Columbia and
I don't regret it
I wrote a book and
Sonny Mehta read it
My heart's been stolen
My ego's swollen
I just keep rollin' along
Oh yeah
And I think
Well well what else
is in store
Got all this and more
before twenty-four
It's hard not to be sure
I'm spinning out of control
Out of control
I'm feeling panicked
and rushed and hurried
I'm feeling outmaneuvered
and outclassed
But I'm so happy
I can't get worried
About this singular
impression
I've got a singular
impression things are
moving too fast