"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.
If I had wings like Noah's dove
I'd fly the river to the one I love
Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well
I had a man who was long and tall
Moved his body like a cannon ball
Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well
Remember one evening, it was drizzlin' rain
And in my heart, I felt an achin' pain
Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well
Once I wore my apron low
Been a-keep' you away from my door
Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well
Now, my apron is up to my chin
You pass my door but you never come in
Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well
Muddy river runs muddy 'n' wild
You can't care the bloody for my unborn child
Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well
Number nine train ain' done no harm
Number nine train take my poor baby home
Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well
Fastest man I ever saw
Skid Missouri on the way to Arkansas
Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well
I'd fly the river to the one I love
Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well
I had a man who was long and tall
Moved his body like a cannon ball
Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well
Remember one evening, it was drizzlin' rain
And in my heart, I felt an achin' pain
Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well
Once I wore my apron low
Been a-keep' you away from my door
Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well
Now, my apron is up to my chin
You pass my door but you never come in
Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well
Muddy river runs muddy 'n' wild
You can't care the bloody for my unborn child
Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well
Number nine train ain' done no harm
Number nine train take my poor baby home
Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well
Fastest man I ever saw
Skid Missouri on the way to Arkansas
Fare thee well, my honey, fare thee well
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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a home recording that appears on the soundtrack to no direction home. it's a really sweet song, and jeff buckley's cover of it on his live at sin-e album is good too.
It's great. Not his originally, but still great. How do you move your body like a cannon ball, gentlemen?
haha i like this version more than the jeff buckely version!