"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.
She's got a sticker on her pickup says made by Smith & Wesson
She's a little Texas twister in a big old black Stetson
She's an angel in red ropers and a devil in blue jeans
She's every cowgirl's nightmare and she's every cowboy's dream
She can rope and ride 'em bareback and tango with the best
Brand a longhorn, down a longneck, Lord tame the whole wild west
She's the cutest, toughest, sweetest, roughtest gal I've ever seen
She's every cowgirl's nightmare and she's every cowboy's dream
She's got all them desperados just desperate for a dance
While she's burning up the sawdust Lord they're bucking for a chance
With a tiny little two-step she canstart a stampede
'Cause she's every cowgirl's nightmare and every cowboy's dream
She can rope and ride 'em bareback and tango with the best
Brand a longhorn, down a longneck, Lord tame the whole wild west
She's the cutest, toughest, sweetest, roughtest gal I've ever seen
She's every cowgirl's nightmare and she's every cowboy's dream
Ain't she the cutest, thoughtes, sweetest, roughest gal that you ever seen
She's every cowgirl's nightmare and she's every cowboy's dream
She's a little Texas twister in a big old black Stetson
She's an angel in red ropers and a devil in blue jeans
She's every cowgirl's nightmare and she's every cowboy's dream
She can rope and ride 'em bareback and tango with the best
Brand a longhorn, down a longneck, Lord tame the whole wild west
She's the cutest, toughest, sweetest, roughtest gal I've ever seen
She's every cowgirl's nightmare and she's every cowboy's dream
She's got all them desperados just desperate for a dance
While she's burning up the sawdust Lord they're bucking for a chance
With a tiny little two-step she canstart a stampede
'Cause she's every cowgirl's nightmare and every cowboy's dream
She can rope and ride 'em bareback and tango with the best
Brand a longhorn, down a longneck, Lord tame the whole wild west
She's the cutest, toughest, sweetest, roughtest gal I've ever seen
She's every cowgirl's nightmare and she's every cowboy's dream
Ain't she the cutest, thoughtes, sweetest, roughest gal that you ever seen
She's every cowgirl's nightmare and she's every cowboy's dream
Lyrics submitted by BleedorBreathe
Every Cowboy's Dream Lyrics as written by Boudreaux Akins
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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