FASTER THAN SOUND

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Song Title
FASTER THAN SOUND
Writers
Martin, Gray
Publisher
CROMWELL MUSIC, INC. (ASCAP)
% Publisher Controls
100%
Territory Controlled
WORLD
Themes/Keywords
Flying, Hunting, Planets, Rocket, Time, travel, Wings
Lyrics
“The time has come,”
The walrus said,
“To speak of many things;
Of flying saucers, rocket ships,
And atom driven wings.”
They’re planning trips to Jupiter,
And I may get there yet,
Some day I’ll be arriving
In my trusty little jet.
But till the day
That finds us planet bound,
I’ll make the earth
My happy hunting ground.

CHORUS
Lunch in London or gay Paree,
To Singapore in time for tea.
Flying is the life for me,
I get around faster than sound.
Two Old Fashioneds in Tokyo,
And dinner over Mexico,
What a kick it is to go
Flying around faster than sound.
California, there I went!
Breakfast in Saint Paul,
Hello Broadway, whshht! Goodbye!
I can’t stop at all
‘Cause I gotta have my lunch
In London or gay Paree,
The dizzy circle starts again,
All because I’ve got this yen
To be found off the ground,
Gettin’ round fa-a-s-ter than sound.

I hear a joke in Chicago,
And laugh out loud in Santiago,
Have drinks in Granada,
Headaches in Vegas, Nevada.
To Lisbon for brandy,
To Hersey for candy,
Buzzin’ around faster than sound,
For water ski-in’,
I island hop to the Aegean,
While sipping martinis,
I watch those babes (guys)
In their bikinis.
It’s the spot to be in,
For he-in’ and she-in’,
Buzzin’ around faster than sound.

(Male) But out of all those transcontinental games,
(Female) But when I’m on a transcontinental spree,

The best pursuit is still the pursuit of dames.
me.

I got a geisha in Nagoya, signorina in Capri
I’ve got a matador in Lisbon, an Eskimo in Nome,

A dvevotchaka in Yalta, a belle in Tennessee,
An athlete in Athens, a movie star in Rome,

A maedchen in Munich, in Burma a minkalay,
A comrade in Moscow, a rajah in Bombay,

A flicka in Stockholm, a filly in Santa Fe,
In Israel, a yingl, a dude in Santa Fe,

And I even got a gal at the Panama Canal.
And it’s comforting to know there’s a Peace Corps ev’rywhere I go.

CHORUS II
Dawn in Cairo I watch the sphinx,
After catching forty winks.
Wonder what that old sphinx thinks
As I go ‘round faster than sound?
After twilight in Budapest,
I race the sun to old Key West.
But I come out second best.
I’m speedy all right
But not faster than light!
I zoom across the U.S.A.
Before I hit the sack,
And before the break of day,
I meet myself comin’ back,
Just in time to greet the dawn
In Cairo, the way I did,
And see my fav’rite pyramid.
I’m just a crazy mixed up kid
Who is bound to be found
Off the ground, gettin’ round
And around and around,
Faster than sound.

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