Fancy Gap: “Little Heart Racer”
Clip: 4/24/2025 | 3m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Fancy Gap performs “Little Heart Racer,” a song that captures the feeling of the open road.
Fancy Gap performs their 2024 single “Little Heart Racer,” a song about speeding down the open road to discover what lies ahead. Bandmates Stuart McLamb and Charles Crossingham came up with the song during a jam session with McLamb on drums and vocals and Crossingham on guitar.
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Fancy Gap: “Little Heart Racer”
Clip: 4/24/2025 | 3m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Fancy Gap performs their 2024 single “Little Heart Racer,” a song about speeding down the open road to discover what lies ahead. Bandmates Stuart McLamb and Charles Crossingham came up with the song during a jam session with McLamb on drums and vocals and Crossingham on guitar.
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[lively music] ♪ I'm in the wellspring, waiting on some lightning ♪ ♪ Some faded pictures, someone to trigger my six-string ♪ ♪ And if the money moves, then we could make up a new scene ♪ ♪ Full of flowers and planters, none of them answers ♪ ♪ I could tell that you wanted me to leave ♪ ♪ And so I threw it in the blue Ford ♪ ♪ Flying outta New York ♪ ♪ Honey, leaving ain't that bad ♪ ♪ If it only makes you sad ♪ ♪ I did a lot, but I can't do it anymore ♪ [lively music] ♪ I'm on a back road, down in Carroll County ♪ ♪ Just lightening my load ♪ ♪ And the summers are as slow as they should be ♪ ♪ Out on the open road, just hitting the cool breeze ♪ ♪ There's a big moon shining, I'm just writing ♪ ♪ Down everything I never got in the city ♪ ♪ Until I threw it in the blue Ford ♪ ♪ Flying outta New York ♪ ♪ Honey, leaving ain't that bad ♪ ♪ If it only makes you sad ♪ ♪ I did a lot, but I can't do it anymore ♪ ♪ Is your little heart racing, gone sunset chasing ♪ ♪ Something more, something more ♪ [lively music] ♪ I'm in the wellspring, waiting on some lightning ♪ ♪ Some faded pictures, someone I might be missing ♪ ♪ And if the money moves, then we could make up a new scene ♪ ♪ Full of flowers and planters, none of them answers ♪ ♪ I could tell that's how you wanted it to be ♪ ♪ Until we threw it in the blue Ford ♪ ♪ Flying outta New York ♪ ♪ Honey, leaving ain't that bad ♪ ♪ If it only makes you sad ♪ ♪ I did a lot, but I can't do it anymore ♪ ♪ And when you're laid out on the runway ♪ ♪ How you gonna hesitate ♪ ♪ With the money in your hand ♪ ♪ Now you understand ♪ ♪ What it takes to make you want it anyway ♪ ♪ A heartbreak, a heartbreak ♪ ♪ Ooh, yeah ♪
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