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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