Name: Full Speed Ahead
Duration: P00H03M02S
Description: I released this song on my Brand New Start CD in 1999. The original version was too short and I always wanted to do a better recording of the song. Several people have commented that it sounds like Tom Petty, which I take as a compliment.

Full Speed Ahead

by Michael Cressey

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I released this song on my Brand New Start CD in 1999. The original version was too short and I always wanted to do a better recording of the song. Several people have commented that it sounds like Tom Petty, which I take as a compliment.

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Full speed ahead
Like a fast thoroughbred
Running ‘round the track
Don’t you ever look back
Full speed ahead

Shift gown the gears
Step on the gas
Don’t waste your years
Don’t let ‘em pass
Don’t wake up one day
To find that you are last
Full speed ahead

Don’t be shy
Don’t be sad
Don’t wait until
You get mad
Make sure you get back
All that you had
Full speed ahead

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Down the road
We went so fast
The stories told
The die is cast
Pop the clutch, squeal the wheels
Make all your deals
Full speed ahead

Chorus

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released December 16, 2017
Guitars, vocals, bass, organ and drum programming - M.E. Cressey

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