No Lookin' Back

Album: No Lookin' Back (1985)
Charted: 34
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  • I'm fading out of sight
    My wheels are the only sound
    Runnin' at the speed of sight
    I can't slow down

    Out on the open road
    Racing to beat the night
    No matter where I go
    Guess I'll get there all right

    So why don't I understand
    What's trippin' me up
    It used to be a simple thing

    I can't hold on, I can't return
    Time to let go, start to live and learn

    I took the one way flight
    Too high to see the ground
    Now I know how long it takes
    A heart to come down

    Why don't I understand
    What's trippin' me up
    It ought to be a simple thing

    I can't hold on, I can't return
    Time to let go, start to live and learn

    I can't hold on, I can't return
    Rivers will run, bridges will burn
    I'm not sure just how
    But there's no lookin' back now
    Writer/s: Ed Sanford, Kenneth Clark Loggins, Michael H. Mcdonald
    Publisher: Audiam, Inc., BMG Rights Management, Gnossos Music / Milk Money Music, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., O/B/O DistroKid
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1986 {January 18th} Michael McDonald performed "No Lookin' Back" on the ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program, 'American Bandstand'...
    Eighteen weeks earlier it peaked at position #34 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Top 100 chart, and it spent twelve weeks on the Top 100...
    It reached #4 on Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart...
    Between 1982 and 1998 the St. Louis, Missouri native had ten records on the Top 100 chart, three made the Top 10 with one reaching #1, "On My Own", a duet with Patti LaBelle, it held the top spot for three weeks in June of 1986...
    Besides the above "On My Own", his other two Top 10 records were "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)" {#4 for 3 weeks in October of 1982} and "Sweet Freedom" {#7 for 3 weeks in August of 1986}
    Michael McDonald will celebrate his 68th birthday next month on February 12th, 2020...
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