"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.
A lot of people called it prison when I was growin' up
But these are my roots and this is what I love
'Cause everybody knows me and I know them
And I believe that's the way we were supposed to live
I wouldn't trade one single day here in small town USA
Give me a Saturday night, my baby by my side
A little Hank Jr. and a six pack of Light
An old dirt road and I'll be just fine
Give me a Sunday morning that's full of grace
A simple life and I'll be okay
Here in small town USA
Around here we break our backs just to earn a buck
We never get ahead but we have enough
I watch people leave and then come right back
I never wanted any part of that
And I'm proud to say I love this place
Good ol' small town USA
Give me a Saturday night, my baby by my side
David Allan Coe and a six pack of Light
An old dirt road and I'll be just fine
Give me a Sunday morning that's full of grace
A simple life and I'll be okay
Here in small town USA
Oh yeah
I wouldn't trade one single day
I'm proud to say I love this place
Give me a Saturday night, my baby by my side
"Sweet Home Alabama" and a six pack of Light
An old dirt road and I'll be just fine
Give me a Sunday morning that's full of grace
A simple life and I'll be okay
Yeah, I'll be okay here in small town USA
Oh yeah, small town USA
But these are my roots and this is what I love
'Cause everybody knows me and I know them
And I believe that's the way we were supposed to live
I wouldn't trade one single day here in small town USA
Give me a Saturday night, my baby by my side
A little Hank Jr. and a six pack of Light
An old dirt road and I'll be just fine
Give me a Sunday morning that's full of grace
A simple life and I'll be okay
Here in small town USA
Around here we break our backs just to earn a buck
We never get ahead but we have enough
I watch people leave and then come right back
I never wanted any part of that
And I'm proud to say I love this place
Good ol' small town USA
Give me a Saturday night, my baby by my side
David Allan Coe and a six pack of Light
An old dirt road and I'll be just fine
Give me a Sunday morning that's full of grace
A simple life and I'll be okay
Here in small town USA
Oh yeah
I wouldn't trade one single day
I'm proud to say I love this place
Give me a Saturday night, my baby by my side
"Sweet Home Alabama" and a six pack of Light
An old dirt road and I'll be just fine
Give me a Sunday morning that's full of grace
A simple life and I'll be okay
Yeah, I'll be okay here in small town USA
Oh yeah, small town USA
Lyrics submitted by YankeeCowboy92
Small Town USA Lyrics as written by Brian Dean Maher Jeremy S. Stover
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Anthem Entertainment, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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