moving too fast

Did I just hear an alarm start ringing?
Did I see sirens go flying past?
Though I dont know what tomorrows bringing,
Ive got a singular sensation things are moving too fast.
Im gliding smooth as a figure skater,
Im riding hot as a rocket blast--
I just expected it ten years later.
Ive 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 lights turning red!'
But I say : No! No!
Whatever I do,
I barrell on through
And I dont complain.
No matter what I try,
Im flyin full speed ahead!
Im never worried to walk the wire.
I wont do anything just 'half-assed,'
But with the stakes getting somewhat higher,
Ive got a singular impression 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 evry detail,
Some people stall when they cant see the trail ,
Some people freeze out of fear that theyll fail,
But I keep rollin on.
Some people cant get success with their art,
Some people never feel love in their heart,
Some people cant tell the two things apart,
But I keep rollin on.
Oh, oh--maybe I cant follow through,
But oh, oh--what else am I spposed to do?
I dreamed of writing like the high and mighty--
Now Im the subject of a bidding war!
I met my personal Aphrodite--
Im doing things I never dreamed of before!
We start to take the next step together--
Found an apartment on Seventy-Third!
The Atlantic Monthlys printing my first chapter- -
Two thousand bucks without re-writing one word!
I left Columbia and I dont regret it--
I wrote a book and Sonny Mehta read it!
My hearts been stolen!
My egos swollen!
I just keep rollin along!
And I think, 'Well, well, what else is in store?
Got all this and more
Before twenty-four! '
Its hard not to be sure
Im spinning out of control!
Out of control!
Im feeling panicked and rushed and hurried!
Im feeling outmaneuvered and outclassed,
But Im so happy
I cant get worried
About this singular impression--
Ive got a singular impression
Things are moving too fast!