"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.
Daddy won a radio, he tuned it to a country show
I was rockin' in the cradle to the cryin' of a steel guitar
Mama used to sing to me, she taught me that sweet harmony
Now she worries 'cause she never thought I'd ever really take it this far
Singin' in the bars and
Chasin' that neon rainbow, livin' that honky tonk dream
'Cause all I've ever wanted is to pick this guitar and sing
Just tryin' to be somebody, just wanna be heard and seen
I'm chasin' that neon rainbow, livin' that honky tonk dream
An atlas and a coffee cup, five pickers in an old Dodge truck
Headin' down to Houston for a show on Saturday night
Well, this overhead is killin' me, half the time I sing for free
But when the crowd's into it Lord, it makes this thing I'm doing seem right
Standin' in the spotlight
Chasin' that neon rainbow, I'm livin' that honky tonk dream
'Cause all I've ever wanted is to pick this guitar and sing
Just tryin' to be somebody, just wanna be heard and seen
I'm chasin' that neon rainbow, livin' that honky tonk dream
Daddy's got a radio, he won it thirty years ago
He said "Son, I just know we're gonna hear you singin' on it someday"
Well, I made it up to Music Row, and Lordy, don't the wheels turn slow
Still I wouldn't trade a minute and I wouldn't have it any other way
Just show me to the stage
I'm chasin' that neon rainbow, I'm livin' that honky tonk dream
'Cause all I've ever wanted is to pick this guitar and sing
Just tryin' to be somebody, just wanna be heard and seen
I'm chasin' that neon rainbow, livin' that honky tonk dream
Oh, I'm chasin' that neon rainbow, livin' that honky tonk dream
I was rockin' in the cradle to the cryin' of a steel guitar
Mama used to sing to me, she taught me that sweet harmony
Now she worries 'cause she never thought I'd ever really take it this far
Singin' in the bars and
Chasin' that neon rainbow, livin' that honky tonk dream
'Cause all I've ever wanted is to pick this guitar and sing
Just tryin' to be somebody, just wanna be heard and seen
I'm chasin' that neon rainbow, livin' that honky tonk dream
An atlas and a coffee cup, five pickers in an old Dodge truck
Headin' down to Houston for a show on Saturday night
Well, this overhead is killin' me, half the time I sing for free
But when the crowd's into it Lord, it makes this thing I'm doing seem right
Standin' in the spotlight
Chasin' that neon rainbow, I'm livin' that honky tonk dream
'Cause all I've ever wanted is to pick this guitar and sing
Just tryin' to be somebody, just wanna be heard and seen
I'm chasin' that neon rainbow, livin' that honky tonk dream
Daddy's got a radio, he won it thirty years ago
He said "Son, I just know we're gonna hear you singin' on it someday"
Well, I made it up to Music Row, and Lordy, don't the wheels turn slow
Still I wouldn't trade a minute and I wouldn't have it any other way
Just show me to the stage
I'm chasin' that neon rainbow, I'm livin' that honky tonk dream
'Cause all I've ever wanted is to pick this guitar and sing
Just tryin' to be somebody, just wanna be heard and seen
I'm chasin' that neon rainbow, livin' that honky tonk dream
Oh, I'm chasin' that neon rainbow, livin' that honky tonk dream
Lyrics submitted by Manderzterz
Chasin' That Neon Rainbow Lyrics as written by Jim Mcbride Alan Jackson
Lyrics © Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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