"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.
Wide open
Got the tail pipes smokin'
Lane to lane floatin'
No GPS loadin'
'Cause even when I got no place to go
It's just me, myself, and the open road
And when I hit the I-24
You're damn right
Gonna put the pedal to the floor
Outta sight
I'm gone
But baby, I'll be back by dawn
'Til then crank my favorite song
'Cause I got that clear blue sky
Sunshine on my mind
Highway by my side
Yeah, I'm doing just fine
I feel that wind blowing through my soul
Tellin' me which way that I need to go
So I keep rollin', rollin', rollin'
You know I gotta keep it rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
Now my old school Riviera can't be stopped
My Chevy lookin' pretty when I drop the top
So everybody in the stix they know
When they see the whip rollin' they be like
That's Smo
Baby, they ain't no other way to go
Haulin' ass
While I listen to the radio
Hit the gas
No doubt
Y'all know what I'm about
I put the key in the ignition
And I'm out
I got that clear blue sky
Sunshine on my mind
Highway by my side
Yeah, I'm doing just fine
I feel that wind blowing through my soul
Tellin' me which way that I need to go
So I keep rollin', rollin', rollin'
You know I gotta keep it rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
Now if you're on a dirt road
Or in the grass
If you goin' real slow
Or movin' fast
As long as you're feelin' it in your soul
Better let them windows down
Turn it up and let's roll
I got that clear blue sky
Sunshine on my mind
Highway by my side
Yeah, I'm doing just fine
I feel that wind blowing through my soul
Tellin' me which way that I need to go
So I keep rollin', rollin', rollin' (ooh, yeah)
You know I gotta keep it rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
Got the tail pipes smokin'
Lane to lane floatin'
No GPS loadin'
'Cause even when I got no place to go
It's just me, myself, and the open road
And when I hit the I-24
You're damn right
Gonna put the pedal to the floor
Outta sight
I'm gone
But baby, I'll be back by dawn
'Til then crank my favorite song
'Cause I got that clear blue sky
Sunshine on my mind
Highway by my side
Yeah, I'm doing just fine
I feel that wind blowing through my soul
Tellin' me which way that I need to go
So I keep rollin', rollin', rollin'
You know I gotta keep it rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
Now my old school Riviera can't be stopped
My Chevy lookin' pretty when I drop the top
So everybody in the stix they know
When they see the whip rollin' they be like
That's Smo
Baby, they ain't no other way to go
Haulin' ass
While I listen to the radio
Hit the gas
No doubt
Y'all know what I'm about
I put the key in the ignition
And I'm out
I got that clear blue sky
Sunshine on my mind
Highway by my side
Yeah, I'm doing just fine
I feel that wind blowing through my soul
Tellin' me which way that I need to go
So I keep rollin', rollin', rollin'
You know I gotta keep it rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
Now if you're on a dirt road
Or in the grass
If you goin' real slow
Or movin' fast
As long as you're feelin' it in your soul
Better let them windows down
Turn it up and let's roll
I got that clear blue sky
Sunshine on my mind
Highway by my side
Yeah, I'm doing just fine
I feel that wind blowing through my soul
Tellin' me which way that I need to go
So I keep rollin', rollin', rollin' (ooh, yeah)
You know I gotta keep it rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
Lyrics submitted by Dropkick_Rover
Rollin' Lyrics as written by Haden Carpenter John Lee Smith
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Anthem Entertainment
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Thissong is FUNNY
Its not answer was invalid, its answer wasn't valid
umm, sorry Niko, but they had it right.
I LOVE THIS SONG!!! :D
man big and rich are my heros they are the best cowboy troy sounds like my cousin just not the black part but my cousin is a 6 foot 5 cowboy so ya