"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.
Ah, breaker one-nine, this here's the Rubber Duck
You gotta copy on me, Pig Pen, c'mon?
Ah, yeah, 10-4, Pig Pen, fer sure, fer sure
By golly, it's clean clear to Flag Town, c'mon
Yeah, that's a big 10-4 there, Pig Pen
Yeah, we definitely got the front door, good buddy
Mercy sake's alive, looks like we got us a convoy
Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June
In a Kenworth pullin' logs
Cab-over Pete with a reefer on
And a Jimmy haulin' hogs
We is headin' for bear on I-one-oh
'Bout a mile outta Shaky Town
I says, "Pig Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck"
"And I'm about to put the hammer down"
'Cause we got a little ol' convoy
Rockin' through the night
Yeah, we got a little ol' convoy
Ain't she a beautiful sight?
Come on and join our convoy
Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way
We gonna roll this truckin' convoy
'Cross the USA
Convoy (ah, breaker, Pig Pen, this here's the Duck)
And, you wanna back off them hogs? Convoy
Yeah, 10-4, 'bout five mile or so
Ten, roger, them hogs is gettin' intense up here
By the time we got into Tulsa Town
We had eighty-five trucks in all
But they's a roadblock up on the cloverleaf
And them bears was wall-to-wall
Yeah, them smokies is thick as bugs on a bumper
They even had a bear in the air
I says, "Callin' all trucks, this here's the Duck"
"We about to go a-huntin' bear"
'Cause we got a great big convoy
Rockin' through the night
Yeah, we got a great big convoy
Ain't she a beautiful sight?
Come on and join our convoy
Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way
We gonna roll this truckin' convoy
'Cross the USA
Convoy (ah, you wanna give me a 10-9 on that, Pig Pen?)
Convoy (negatory, Pig Pen, you're still too close)
Yeah, them hogs is startin' to close up my sinuses
Mercy sake's, you better back off another ten
Well, we rolled up Interstate 44
Like a rocket-sled on rails
We tore up all of our swindle sheets
And left 'em settin' on the scales
By the time we hit that Chi-town
Them bears was a-gettin' smart
They'd brought up some reinforcements
From the Illinois National Guard
There's armored cars, and tanks, and Jeeps
And rigs of every size
Yeah, them chicken coops was full o'bears
And choppers filled the skies
Well, we shot the line and we went for broke
With a thousand screamin' trucks
An' eleven long-haired Friends a' Jesus
In a chartreuse micra-bus
Ah, Rubber Duck to Sodbuster, come over
Yeah, 10-4, Sodbuster?
Listen, you wanna put that micra-bus in behind that suicide jockey?
Yeah, he's haulin' dynamite, and he needs all the help he can get
Well, we laid a strip for the Jersey shore
Prepared to cross the line
I could see the bridge was lined with bears
But I didn't have a doggoned dime
I says, "Pig Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck
"We just ain't a-gonna pay no toll"
So we crashed the gate doing ninety-eight
I says "Let them truckers roll, 10-4"
'Cause we got a mighty convoy
Rockin' through the night
Yeah, we got a mighty convoy
Ain't she a beautiful sight?
Come on and join our convoy
Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way
We gonna roll this truckin' convoy
'Cross the USA
Convoy (ah, 10-4, Pig Pen, what's your twenty?)
Convoy (Omaha? Well, they oughta know what to do with them hogs out there fer sure)
Convoy (well, mercy sake's, good buddy, we gonna back on outta here, so keep the bugs off your glass and the bears)
Convoy (off your tail, we'll catch you on the flip-flop, this here's the Rubber Duck on the side)
Convoy (we gone, 'bye,'bye)
You gotta copy on me, Pig Pen, c'mon?
Ah, yeah, 10-4, Pig Pen, fer sure, fer sure
By golly, it's clean clear to Flag Town, c'mon
Yeah, that's a big 10-4 there, Pig Pen
Yeah, we definitely got the front door, good buddy
Mercy sake's alive, looks like we got us a convoy
Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June
In a Kenworth pullin' logs
Cab-over Pete with a reefer on
And a Jimmy haulin' hogs
We is headin' for bear on I-one-oh
'Bout a mile outta Shaky Town
I says, "Pig Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck"
"And I'm about to put the hammer down"
'Cause we got a little ol' convoy
Rockin' through the night
Yeah, we got a little ol' convoy
Ain't she a beautiful sight?
Come on and join our convoy
Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way
We gonna roll this truckin' convoy
'Cross the USA
Convoy (ah, breaker, Pig Pen, this here's the Duck)
And, you wanna back off them hogs? Convoy
Yeah, 10-4, 'bout five mile or so
Ten, roger, them hogs is gettin' intense up here
By the time we got into Tulsa Town
We had eighty-five trucks in all
But they's a roadblock up on the cloverleaf
And them bears was wall-to-wall
Yeah, them smokies is thick as bugs on a bumper
They even had a bear in the air
I says, "Callin' all trucks, this here's the Duck"
"We about to go a-huntin' bear"
'Cause we got a great big convoy
Rockin' through the night
Yeah, we got a great big convoy
Ain't she a beautiful sight?
Come on and join our convoy
Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way
We gonna roll this truckin' convoy
'Cross the USA
Convoy (ah, you wanna give me a 10-9 on that, Pig Pen?)
Convoy (negatory, Pig Pen, you're still too close)
Yeah, them hogs is startin' to close up my sinuses
Mercy sake's, you better back off another ten
Well, we rolled up Interstate 44
Like a rocket-sled on rails
We tore up all of our swindle sheets
And left 'em settin' on the scales
By the time we hit that Chi-town
Them bears was a-gettin' smart
They'd brought up some reinforcements
From the Illinois National Guard
There's armored cars, and tanks, and Jeeps
And rigs of every size
Yeah, them chicken coops was full o'bears
And choppers filled the skies
Well, we shot the line and we went for broke
With a thousand screamin' trucks
An' eleven long-haired Friends a' Jesus
In a chartreuse micra-bus
Ah, Rubber Duck to Sodbuster, come over
Yeah, 10-4, Sodbuster?
Listen, you wanna put that micra-bus in behind that suicide jockey?
Yeah, he's haulin' dynamite, and he needs all the help he can get
Well, we laid a strip for the Jersey shore
Prepared to cross the line
I could see the bridge was lined with bears
But I didn't have a doggoned dime
I says, "Pig Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck
"We just ain't a-gonna pay no toll"
So we crashed the gate doing ninety-eight
I says "Let them truckers roll, 10-4"
'Cause we got a mighty convoy
Rockin' through the night
Yeah, we got a mighty convoy
Ain't she a beautiful sight?
Come on and join our convoy
Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way
We gonna roll this truckin' convoy
'Cross the USA
Convoy (ah, 10-4, Pig Pen, what's your twenty?)
Convoy (Omaha? Well, they oughta know what to do with them hogs out there fer sure)
Convoy (well, mercy sake's, good buddy, we gonna back on outta here, so keep the bugs off your glass and the bears)
Convoy (off your tail, we'll catch you on the flip-flop, this here's the Rubber Duck on the side)
Convoy (we gone, 'bye,'bye)
Lyrics submitted by Rider_of_the_Sun
Convoy Lyrics as written by Chip Davis
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Unison Rights S.L., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Respectfully, this song was absolutely not a one hit wonder. From Wikipedia- Far from a one-hit wonder, McCall continued to chart with songs such as "Wolf Creek Pass", which hit #40 on the U.S. pop top 40 in 1975, and at least two other songs hit Billboard's pop Hot 100, including "Old Home Filler-Up an' Keep on a-Truckin' Cafe", as well as the environmentally-oriented "There Won't Be No Country Music (There Won't Be No Rock 'n' Roll)". A dozen McCall songs hit Billboard's country singles chart, including the sentimental "Roses For Mama" (1977). More old country fans probably know CW for the sappy "Roses for Mama" then they do "Convoy" (think Christmas Shoes, you'll get the gest of it).
That being said, I believe Convoy is more than a song- I can't explain it, but I believe Convoy is some kind of 'key' to explaining the universe. I have tried to analyze it, but it's like trying to re-contruct an atom. The song is too complex. Take the symbolism- 'a bear in the air'. Is this REALLY a police helicopter, or rather, a symbol of big brother's watchful eye, looking down on us all. This song, in the 70s, even predicted the computer age- CRASHED the GATE doing 98- who can forget Bill GATE's Windows 98, and how often it CRASHED! I can no longer post this message, for fear of what I'll find on the other side if I continue cracking this song's eternal message.
omg dude you're a god for seeing the truth in this song, nay, prophetic song. And of course ol' CW is absolutely THE MAN for foreseeing the cluster f**k that was Win98, a full 23 years prior to the fact! I long thought CW chose his stage name with the idea that CW stood for Country/Western. However it is plain to see he was thinking simply "Crash, Windows!" <br /> <br /> Furthermore, I submit that "McCall" is a hidden reference to that all-too-frequent event emanating from Redmond, the dreaded "Memory Corrupting Call".
cartmanspeedzone, you are too good man... i think i may elaborate on your apocalyptic summary of this song...
'Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June'
It was the 6th of the 6th, possible reference to supposed number of the Devil, and it is a dark day.
'I says, "Pig Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck. And I'm about to put the hammer down."'
About to put the hammer down, or to pass jusdgement. So far it is a dark day on the 6th of the 6th and Jugement is being passed, widespread accross the most influential nation on earth.
Now, it is said that in the final days, the Anit Christ will appear, and he will attract a great many followers very rapidly. Before we know it, there are 85 trucks, and very soon a thousand. Rubber Duck has been sent forth to destroy all in his path on the dark day of the 6th of the 6th... ANTICHRIST!!
However, during this time of tribulation, people who realise that the apocolypse is approaching will turn to God and oppose this antichrist, and these are portrayed as Bears... theres even one in the sky! (Jesus). Soon there are a great number of them, and many fill the sky, (angels appear to fight the evil).
however rubber duck and his followers hold hostage a bunch of christians by a dynamite filled truck (note there are eleven, number of faithful disciples of Jesus). eventually the trucks bear down on the bears at one final bridge and say we aint gonna pay no toll, ie, we are not going to give our lives to God. They break through the bridge and go forth upon the nation (or the earth) and wreak havoc, as is told in the Bible, where upon the Devil reigns for a thousnad years...
and thus concludes my apocalyptic summary.
NOTE: For Goforth311 and everyone like him, i too am joking. any resemblances between this song and the apocalyse will be fairly coincidental lol, smile.
It's not "Pig Pen", it's "Big Ben."
It isn't Big Ben, is PIG PEN, Spider Mike named Love Machine as Pig Pen because he was hauling Go-Go dancers (PIGS)<br /> <br /> You better see the movie and then comment.
I think you will find its Pig Pen, note the line 'and a Jimmy haulin hogs'.
There is also another version of this song, probably for the movie, starts of with something like
Breaker one nine, this here's the Rubber Duck You got a copy on me Love Machine
and towards the end with the bridge -
and he sure drew fear as he grabbed a gear and stuck it in grandaddy low them guns went zoom and his ass went boom and the Mack took a terminal blow
Can't remember the rest, but Mack is in reference to the Rubber Ducks Mack truck and Love Machine I think is the guys real CB Handle but got the nickname Pig Pen from the truckers due to him hauling pigs on the trip.
I think you will find its Pig Pen, note the line 'and a Jimmy haulin hogs'.
There is also another version of this song, probably for the movie, starts of with something like
Breaker one nine, this here's the Rubber Duck You got a copy on me Love Machine
and towards the end with the bridge -
and he sure drew fear as he grabbed a gear and stuck it in grandaddy low them guns went zoom and his ass went boom and the Mack took a terminal blow
Can't remember the rest, but Mack is in reference to the Rubber Ducks Mack truck and Love Machine I think is the guys real CB Handle but got the nickname Pig Pen from the truckers due to him hauling pigs on the trip.
This song is one of the funniest of all time...one of my all-time favorite one-hit wonder tunes as well.
This might be McCall's most popular song, but it is by no means a "one-hit wonder." Many of his other songs are as entertaining as "Convoy." Examples: "Old Home Fill 'Er Up An' Keep On A-Truckin' Cafe" as well as "Wolf Creek Pass."
this is the most played song on my computer it's so great
This might be McCall's most popular song, but it is by no means a "one-hit wonder."
Yes, it is... a one-hit wonder is an artist who releases only one song that is a "hit" a "hit" being a song that was 1) released as a single 2) made the charts (it doesn't hit the charts if it's not a single) and 3) went pretty damn high on the charts, almost always to #1. That artist will have never released a "hit" before or after their one-hit, therefore, they are one-hit wonders. just because people liked other songs by that artist doesn't mean they're not one-hit wonders. Think about it: both Jimi Hendrix and the Grateful Dead are one-hit wonders...