"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.
It was Labor Day weekend I was seventeen
I bought a Coke and some gasoline
And I drove out to the County Fair
When I saw her for the first time
She was standing there in the ticket line
And it all started right then and there
Oh a sailor's sky made a perfect sunset
And that's a day I'll never forget
I had a barbecue stain on my white t-shirt
She was killing me in that mini-skirt
Skippin' rocks on the river by the railroad tracks
She had a sun tan line and red lipstick
I worked so hard for that first kiss
And a heart don't forget something like that
Well it was five years later on a south-bound plane
I was headed down to New Orleans
To meet some friends of mine for the Mardi Gras
When I heard a voice from the past
Coming from a few rows back
and when I looked I couldn't believe just what I saw
She said, "I bet you don't remember me"
And I said, "Only every other memory"
I had a barbecue stain on my white t-shirt
You were killing me in that mini-skirt
Skippin' rocks on the river by the railroad tracks
You had a sun tan line and red lipstick
I worked so hard for that first kiss
And a heart don't forget something like that
Like an old photograph
Time can make a feeling fade
But the memory of the first love
Never fades away
I had a barbecue stain on my white t-shirt
She was killing me in that mini-skirt
Skippin' rocks on the river by the railroad tracks
She had a sun tan line and red lipstick
I worked so hard for that first kiss
And a heart don't forget, no a heart don't forget
I said a heart don't forget something like that
Oh, not something like that
I bought a Coke and some gasoline
And I drove out to the County Fair
When I saw her for the first time
She was standing there in the ticket line
And it all started right then and there
Oh a sailor's sky made a perfect sunset
And that's a day I'll never forget
I had a barbecue stain on my white t-shirt
She was killing me in that mini-skirt
Skippin' rocks on the river by the railroad tracks
She had a sun tan line and red lipstick
I worked so hard for that first kiss
And a heart don't forget something like that
Well it was five years later on a south-bound plane
I was headed down to New Orleans
To meet some friends of mine for the Mardi Gras
When I heard a voice from the past
Coming from a few rows back
and when I looked I couldn't believe just what I saw
She said, "I bet you don't remember me"
And I said, "Only every other memory"
I had a barbecue stain on my white t-shirt
You were killing me in that mini-skirt
Skippin' rocks on the river by the railroad tracks
You had a sun tan line and red lipstick
I worked so hard for that first kiss
And a heart don't forget something like that
Like an old photograph
Time can make a feeling fade
But the memory of the first love
Never fades away
I had a barbecue stain on my white t-shirt
She was killing me in that mini-skirt
Skippin' rocks on the river by the railroad tracks
She had a sun tan line and red lipstick
I worked so hard for that first kiss
And a heart don't forget, no a heart don't forget
I said a heart don't forget something like that
Oh, not something like that
Lyrics submitted by dirty_pop_singer413
Something Like That Lyrics as written by Rick Ferrell Keith Follese
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sentric Music, Anthem Entertainment, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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sigh this was one of the first Tim McGraw songs I ever heard...way back in 6th grade. I remember then my friend and I used to make fun of it, b/c it was (gasp GOD FORBID!) country music, but secretly I liked it. I didn't want to tell her this or she would be making fun of me instead of the song. 5 years later and Im going to a Tim McGraw concert in less than a month! mwa ha ha.
oh, if this song isnt just perfect. i met my first love at the county fair. this song makes me think of him and i always cry a little when i hear it. i can never forget him. love really does conquer all...
this is what makes me love country music.
i agree, this is why i love country music as well. growing up in iowa, i can appreciate this. we would drive around in big-hick trucks with the windows down, blaring songs like this one. it was amazing.
I love this song. some people think its called "bbq stain". dunno why. But,i love tim mcgraw. i agree with muntimus. :D
haha yea im in 8th grade and i listen to mostly rap and hip hop but country to and my friends give me so much shit for it but its what friends are for; but this song kicks ass
Hmmm..This song makes me feel nostalgic. It's amazing how we never forget that "one love."
No matter how much we'd like our minds to forget that one person, our heart never seems to give us that ability to forget. :) I kind of like it....
This is one of his best in my opinion. It reminds me of when I was a kid, driving out to my Dad's in the country and he'd play Tim McGraw and teach my little sisters and I the words to all his songs. This song is so sweet I think pretty much everyone rremembers 17 as being one of the best years of your life and the innocence of first love. That was only last year for me but I still miss it. Can't wait to see Tim later this year when he comes Down Under to Oz!! Hooray!!!
Like an old photograph, time can make a feeling fade But the memory of the first love never fades away
Probably the best lyrics of that song. Now in the song, it seems that he's remembering a past love fondly, and while my ex was basically a b****, that feeling of love itself I had for her is what makes me happy when I think about that time in my life.