1916 – George Harrison – Faster (1979)

 

Escrita por George Harrison, foi gravada entre abril e outubro de 1978 e lançada em 20 de fevereiro de 1979 no disco George Harrison, o oitavo de George Harrison. Sairia também em compacto, com Your love is forever como Lado B. Foi produzida por Russ Titelman e George Harrison. Canção inspirada em corridas de carro. Em 1977, George tirou umas férias da música e viajou com Jackie Stewart e Niki Lauda para as corridas de Formula 1 naquele ano. A música fala das dificuldades de ter e manter o sucesso na Formula 1. George fala que a carreira de um piloto é como viver em um circo e que a esposa sempre tem que segurar o choro, por causa do perigo inerente à profissão. Fala da emoção dos espectadores e da inveja entre os pilotos. George cantou, tocou violão de 12 cordas, slide guitar, guitarra, baixo e fez backing vocals. Neil Larsen tocou piano. Andy Newmark tocou bateria. Ray Cooper tocou pandeiro

A letra:

Chose a life in circuses
Jumped into the deepest end
Pushing himself to all extremes
Made it, people became his friend

Now they stood and noticed him
Wanted to be a part of it
Pulled out some poor machinery
So he worked 'til the pieces fit

The people were intrigued
His wife held back her fears
The headlines gave acclaim
He'd realized their dreams

Faster than a bullet from a gun
He is faster than everyone
Quicker than the blinking of an eye
Like a flash you could miss him going by
No one knows quite how he does it
But it's true, they say
"He's the master of going faster"

Now he moved into the space
That the special people share
Right on the edge of do or die
Where there is nothing left to spare

Still the crowds came pouring in
Some had hoped to see him fail
Filling their hearts with jealousies
Crazy people with love so frail

The people were intrigued
His wife held back her fears
The headlines gave acclaim
He'd realized their dreams

Faster than a bullet from a gun
He is faster than everyone
Quicker than the blinking of an eye
Like a flash you could miss him going by
No one knows quite how he does it
But it's true, they say
"He's the master of going faster"

No need to wonder why
His wife held back her fears
So few have even tried
To realize their dreams

Faster than a bullet from a gun
He is faster than everyone
Quicker than the blinking of an eye
Like a flash you could miss him going by
No one knows quite how he does it
But it's true, they say
"He's the master of going faster"

No one knows quite how he does it
But it's true, they say
"He's the master of going faster"

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