"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.
She rides in a rag top sports car
I drive a pickup truck
She always plays the safe side
I like to gamble on my luck
She has a taste for fine champagne
I drink a honky tonk wine
You wouldn't think there'd be an inch of common ground
Between her world and mine
[Chorus]
We may not see eye to eye
But we're lookin' in the same direction
Who's to say who's wrong or right
As long as me make a connection
The love we have between us
Is as close as we'll come to perfection
We may not see eye to eye
But we're lookin' in the same direction
She was raised on easy street
Her daddy was worth a lot
I was brought up the hard way
Had to scrape for every dime I got
She belongs to the evenin' bridge club
And I'm into late night poker games
We're both as different as different as daylight and dark
But love finds us the same
[Chorus]
We may never see eye to eye
But we're lookin' in the same direction
I drive a pickup truck
She always plays the safe side
I like to gamble on my luck
She has a taste for fine champagne
I drink a honky tonk wine
You wouldn't think there'd be an inch of common ground
Between her world and mine
[Chorus]
We may not see eye to eye
But we're lookin' in the same direction
Who's to say who's wrong or right
As long as me make a connection
The love we have between us
Is as close as we'll come to perfection
We may not see eye to eye
But we're lookin' in the same direction
She was raised on easy street
Her daddy was worth a lot
I was brought up the hard way
Had to scrape for every dime I got
She belongs to the evenin' bridge club
And I'm into late night poker games
We're both as different as different as daylight and dark
But love finds us the same
[Chorus]
We may never see eye to eye
But we're lookin' in the same direction
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Lookin' in the Same Direction Lyrics as written by James E. Melton Dale Dodson
Lyrics © CUPIT MUSIC, JEM SONGS
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