"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
There are bridges on life?s highway
But we never see them there
Some cross troubled waters
And some don't go nowhere
Some you wouldn't step on
If you're trying to save your soul
One comes with a keeper
When it?s time to pay the toll
Some aren't meant to last forever
Some are made of stone
Some are meant to cross together
Some you go alone
Some the slightest wind can send them
Crashing to the ground
I set our bridge on fire
But I could not burn it down
And here I am
Praying for forgiveness
And I can see you
Standing on the other side
And here I go
Baby, it?s a heavy load
And I have crossed
Some broken bridges in my time
Now here I am
Praying for forgiveness
I can see you
Standing on the other side
Here I go
And buddy, it?s a heavy load
But I have crossed
Some broken bridges in my time
'Cause I have crossed
Some broken bridges in my time
But we never see them there
Some cross troubled waters
And some don't go nowhere
Some you wouldn't step on
If you're trying to save your soul
One comes with a keeper
When it?s time to pay the toll
Some aren't meant to last forever
Some are made of stone
Some are meant to cross together
Some you go alone
Some the slightest wind can send them
Crashing to the ground
I set our bridge on fire
But I could not burn it down
And here I am
Praying for forgiveness
And I can see you
Standing on the other side
And here I go
Baby, it?s a heavy load
And I have crossed
Some broken bridges in my time
Now here I am
Praying for forgiveness
I can see you
Standing on the other side
Here I go
And buddy, it?s a heavy load
But I have crossed
Some broken bridges in my time
'Cause I have crossed
Some broken bridges in my time
Lyrics submitted by BasketOfFish
Broken Bridges Lyrics as written by Toby Keith Scotty Emerick
Lyrics © Tokeco Tunes
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How come this song never got comments? It's amazing. Self-explanatory really. But amazing.