"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.
You've always been a friend of mine
And that's the way we'll be, 'til the day I die
Yeah, it's good to know you're on my side
'Cause now you know she's leavin' me
And I need your help to make her see
So turn on your charm and let it shine
'Cause you've always been the one who could make her stay around
So when she gets to the city limits sign
Don't let me down
Oh-whoa Laredo
Don't let her go
Just take her by the heart
And let the wheels turn slow
Whoa-oh Laredo
You're my only hope
So get her back to the day we met
'Cause that's as far as she needs to get
Oh, but please don't let her go
Oh Laredo
Make her think 'bout the moonlit walks
And the long long talks by the waters edge
With her feet hangin' off the Canyon Creek Bridge
And bring to mind the first kiss we shared
At the Old Town Square when she drives down there
'Cause that's the day she said she could never forget
And keep the nights by the candlelight
As an ace in the hole
'Cause those are nights of passion
That I know will bring her home
Oh-whoa Laredo
Don't let her go
Just take her by the heart
And let the wheels turn slow
Whoa-oh Laredo,
You're my only hope
So get her back to the day we met
'Cause that's as far as she needs to get
Oh, but please don't let her go
Oh Laredo!
Whoa-oh Laredo
Don't let her go
Take her by the heart
And let the wheels turn slow
Whoa-oh Laredo
You're my only hope
So get her back to the day we met
'Cause that's as far as she needs to get
Oh, but please don't let her go
Oh Laredo!
Don't let her go!
You're my only hope!
Whoa Laredo, oh
And that's the way we'll be, 'til the day I die
Yeah, it's good to know you're on my side
'Cause now you know she's leavin' me
And I need your help to make her see
So turn on your charm and let it shine
'Cause you've always been the one who could make her stay around
So when she gets to the city limits sign
Don't let me down
Oh-whoa Laredo
Don't let her go
Just take her by the heart
And let the wheels turn slow
Whoa-oh Laredo
You're my only hope
So get her back to the day we met
'Cause that's as far as she needs to get
Oh, but please don't let her go
Oh Laredo
Make her think 'bout the moonlit walks
And the long long talks by the waters edge
With her feet hangin' off the Canyon Creek Bridge
And bring to mind the first kiss we shared
At the Old Town Square when she drives down there
'Cause that's the day she said she could never forget
And keep the nights by the candlelight
As an ace in the hole
'Cause those are nights of passion
That I know will bring her home
Oh-whoa Laredo
Don't let her go
Just take her by the heart
And let the wheels turn slow
Whoa-oh Laredo,
You're my only hope
So get her back to the day we met
'Cause that's as far as she needs to get
Oh, but please don't let her go
Oh Laredo!
Whoa-oh Laredo
Don't let her go
Take her by the heart
And let the wheels turn slow
Whoa-oh Laredo
You're my only hope
So get her back to the day we met
'Cause that's as far as she needs to get
Oh, but please don't let her go
Oh Laredo!
Don't let her go!
You're my only hope!
Whoa Laredo, oh
Lyrics submitted by meggiesue6
Laredo Lyrics as written by Chris Cagle
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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