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
'Till 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

If he'd known it all before