"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.
Angels sing and buzzards fly
Kingdoms fall and rivers rise
It's all the same since the sin is alive
Some are free but we're all doing time
One day at a time smell the roses taste the wine
One day at a time no stop signs or red lights
That wheel keeps turning on and on, day and night
No one survives ain't no use in cryin'
What ain't dead is surely dyin' one day at a time
Money burns and good gold shines
Dreamers dream and finders find
World keeps spinnin' round and round
Save our souls before it all comes down
One day at a time smell the roses taste the wine
One day at a time no stop signs or red lights
That wheel keeps turning on and on, day and night
No one survives ain't no use in cryin'
What ain't dead is surely dyin' one day at a time
One day at a time smell the roses taste the wine
One day at a time no stop signs or red lights
That wheel keeps turning on and on, day and night
No one survives ain't no use in cryin'
One day at a time smell the roses taste the wine
One day at a time no stop signs or red lines
That wheel keeps turning on and on, day and night
No one survives ain't no use in cryin'
What ain't dead is surely dyin' one day at a time
Kingdoms fall and rivers rise
It's all the same since the sin is alive
Some are free but we're all doing time
One day at a time smell the roses taste the wine
One day at a time no stop signs or red lights
That wheel keeps turning on and on, day and night
No one survives ain't no use in cryin'
What ain't dead is surely dyin' one day at a time
Money burns and good gold shines
Dreamers dream and finders find
World keeps spinnin' round and round
Save our souls before it all comes down
One day at a time smell the roses taste the wine
One day at a time no stop signs or red lights
That wheel keeps turning on and on, day and night
No one survives ain't no use in cryin'
What ain't dead is surely dyin' one day at a time
One day at a time smell the roses taste the wine
One day at a time no stop signs or red lights
That wheel keeps turning on and on, day and night
No one survives ain't no use in cryin'
One day at a time smell the roses taste the wine
One day at a time no stop signs or red lines
That wheel keeps turning on and on, day and night
No one survives ain't no use in cryin'
What ain't dead is surely dyin' one day at a time
Lyrics submitted by magicnudiesuit
One Day at a Time Lyrics as written by Gary Rossington Johnny Van Zant
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Bluewater Music Corp.
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