"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.
Moon river wider than a mile
I'm crossing you in style someday
Old dream maker, you heartbreaker
Wherever you're going I'm going your way
Two drifters off to see the world
There's such a lot of world to see
We're after the same rainbows end
Waiting round the band
My huckleberry friend, moon river
And me
Two drifters off to see the world
There's such a lot of world to see
We're after the same rainbows end
Waiting round the band
My huckleberry friend, moon river
And me
I'm crossing you in style someday
Old dream maker, you heartbreaker
Wherever you're going I'm going your way
Two drifters off to see the world
There's such a lot of world to see
We're after the same rainbows end
Waiting round the band
My huckleberry friend, moon river
And me
Two drifters off to see the world
There's such a lot of world to see
We're after the same rainbows end
Waiting round the band
My huckleberry friend, moon river
And me
Lyrics submitted by better half, edited by quizzicalsphinx, pattyann
Moon River Lyrics as written by Henry Mancini Johnny Mercer
Lyrics © Tratore
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My favorite song when I was about nine years old - nearly 40 yeas ago! - and still absolutely beautiful.
yay for breakfast at tiffany's
i love this song! and i thought audrey hepburn sang it beautifully in Breakfast at Tiffanys
do you know there was a critic who said that the film would be a lot better if they got rid of "that damn song"? well, it just so happens that "that damn song" is right on this page. the critic? well...
And the song exactly fits the story of the movie. That critic sucks.
And when he said that at the films preview, Audrey Hepburn stood up and said, "over my dead body!"
I'm crossing you in style
I love Audrey Hepburn singing it! It's ironic because my mom loved Audrey Hepburn and she named me after her, and I totally love Audrey too!!
Lyrics correction: "Oh, dream maker" should be "Old dream maker".
Also, I don't get the exclamation mark at the end, but that's a matter of taste I guess.
Beautiful lyrics, so you gotta be careful with them!