[Sorcerer386]

I hate the fact that such a stupid thing as grammar takes something away from the song for me, but bad grammar is just, well, BAD! I'll get technical here...the grammatical error is the use of the past tense RAN with the helping verb HAVE. If you have "has," "had," or "have," it turns the verb into the past participle. So, it should read "I should have turned away and run..." because you say "I should have run," or "I had run." And yes, I believe it IS "ran as fast as I CAN" because I think they chose to overlook the grammar so that RAN rhymed with CAN. And is there a "just" in there, "I should have turned away and ran JUST as fast as I can"? I can't remember and am too lazy to check (it's late). But just to link this, I can't STAND the end of Blue Letter when they say "I ain't waiting." Ain't is just the dumbest word, even though I do catch myself using it sometimes. I usually want to smack myself afterward. But don't worry CarneVaca, it's a pet peeve for me too.