"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.
And that old time feelin' goes sneakin' down the hall
Like an old gray cat in winter, keepin' close to the wall
And that old time feelin' comes stumblin' up the street
Like an old salesman kickin' the papers from his feet
And that old time feelin' draws circles around the blok
Like old women with no children, holdin' hands with the clock
And that old time feelin' fall on it's face in the park
Like and old wino prayin' he can make it 'till it's dark
And that old time feelin' comes and goes in the rain
Like an old man with his checkers, dyin' to find a game
And that old time feelin' plays for beer in bars
Like and old blues-time picker who don't recall who you are
And that old time feelin' limps through the night on a crutch
Like an old soldier wonderin' if he's paid too much
And that old time feelin' rocks and spits and cries
Like and old lover rememberin' the girl with the clear blue eyes
And that old time feelin' goes sneakin' down the hall
Like an old gray cat in winter, keepin' close to the wall
And that old time feelin' comes stumblin' up the street
Like an old salesman kickin' the papers from his feet
Like an old gray cat in winter, keepin' close to the wall
And that old time feelin' comes stumblin' up the street
Like an old salesman kickin' the papers from his feet
And that old time feelin' draws circles around the blok
Like old women with no children, holdin' hands with the clock
And that old time feelin' fall on it's face in the park
Like and old wino prayin' he can make it 'till it's dark
And that old time feelin' comes and goes in the rain
Like an old man with his checkers, dyin' to find a game
And that old time feelin' plays for beer in bars
Like and old blues-time picker who don't recall who you are
And that old time feelin' limps through the night on a crutch
Like an old soldier wonderin' if he's paid too much
And that old time feelin' rocks and spits and cries
Like and old lover rememberin' the girl with the clear blue eyes
And that old time feelin' goes sneakin' down the hall
Like an old gray cat in winter, keepin' close to the wall
And that old time feelin' comes stumblin' up the street
Like an old salesman kickin' the papers from his feet
Lyrics submitted by ButNeverOutgunned
That Old Time Feelin' Lyrics as written by Guy Clark
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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