Lyrics

FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LOVE © 1972 Albert Melshenker
From the One More Night Like This CD

I got the news the other day
You’re in New Orleans or so they say
Some fancy gambler won your heart at a poker game
You send your sympathy and regrets to what’s his name

And I would cry, but it would do no good
If I could fly, then I surely would
Be by your side faster than the speed of love

Waiting on tables and washing cars
Taking water and eating those candy bars
The finest wine, caviar sittin’ on your plate
I started out early, but I ended just a little bit late

I would cry, but it would do no good
If I could fly, then I surely would
Be by your side faster than the speed of love

I’m bereaved and I wish you knew
I believed that you’d been true
You left me faster than the speed of…

Love comes and love may go like a rider in a rodeo
Sooner or later you know you’re bound to fall

I got a line on some Philly girls
I’m gettin’ tired of those Southern pearls
They wear your love just like a dress on a closet rack
They take you for everything, but they’re never going to pay you back

I would cry, but it would do no good
If I could fly, then I surely would
Be by your side faster than the speed of…

Love comes and love may go like a rider in a rodeo
Sooner or later you know you’re bound to fall, darlin’

I would cry, but it would do no good
If I could fly, then I surely would
Be by your side faster than the speed of love

I’m bereaved and I wish you knew
I believed that you’d been true
You left me faster than the speed of love