If he'd known it all before
He'd drive no racing car
Tommy was a guy of 17
He left the school a year too soon
'Cause he would try to change his life
He was reaching out for the moon
And Tommy bought himself a racing car
To gather lots of fame and love
'Til he met that beauty queen
Who hated racing so
Take care, beware, take care
It kept goin' on in his mind
Take care, beware, take care
The same words were all he could find
Take care, beware, take care
A voice echoed on in his head
If he'd known it all before
He'd drive no racing car
If he'd known it all before
He'd drive no racing car
Sandy was her name and he loved her so
She wouldn't see his way of life
Everytime he left for his next big race
She told him: "Darling, please survive"
It gave him so much pain to see her cry
And then he didn't watch the track
The car spatted 'round and in the rail
He nearly broke his neck
Take care, beware, take care
It kept goin' on in his mind
Take care, beware, take care
The same words were all he could find
Take care, beware, take care
A voice echoed on in his head
If he'd known it all before
He'd drive no racing car
If he'd known it all before
He'd drive no racing car
If he'd known it all before
He'd drive no racing car
If he'd known it all before
He'd drive no racing car
If he'd known it all before
He'd drive no racing car
If he'd known it all before
He'd drive no racing car
He'd drive no racing car
Tommy was a guy of 17
He left the school a year too soon
'Cause he would try to change his life
He was reaching out for the moon
And Tommy bought himself a racing car
To gather lots of fame and love
'Til he met that beauty queen
Who hated racing so
Take care, beware, take care
It kept goin' on in his mind
Take care, beware, take care
The same words were all he could find
Take care, beware, take care
A voice echoed on in his head
If he'd known it all before
He'd drive no racing car
If he'd known it all before
He'd drive no racing car
Sandy was her name and he loved her so
She wouldn't see his way of life
Everytime he left for his next big race
She told him: "Darling, please survive"
It gave him so much pain to see her cry
And then he didn't watch the track
The car spatted 'round and in the rail
He nearly broke his neck
Take care, beware, take care
It kept goin' on in his mind
Take care, beware, take care
The same words were all he could find
Take care, beware, take care
A voice echoed on in his head
If he'd known it all before
He'd drive no racing car
If he'd known it all before
He'd drive no racing car
If he'd known it all before
He'd drive no racing car
If he'd known it all before
He'd drive no racing car
If he'd known it all before
He'd drive no racing car
If he'd known it all before
He'd drive no racing car