"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.
I'll light the fire, you place the flowers in the vase that you bought today.
Staring at the fire for hours and hours while I listen to you
play your love songs all night long for me, only for me.
Come to me now and rest your head for just five minutes, everything is good.
Such a cozy room, the windows are illuminated by the
sunshine through them, fiery gems for you, only for you.
Our house is a very, very fine house with two cats in the yard, life used to be so hard,
now everything is easy cause of you and our la, la, la…
Our house is a very, very fine house with two cats in the yard, life used to be so hard,
now everything is easy cause of you and our
I'll light the fire, while you place the flowers in the vase that you bought today.
Staring at the fire for hours and hours while I listen to you
play your love songs all night long for me, only for me.
Come to me now and rest your head for just five minutes, everything is good.
Such a cozy room, the windows are illuminated by the
sunshine through them, fiery gems for you, only for you.
Our house is a very, very fine house with two cats in the yard, life used to be so hard,
now everything is easy cause of you and our la, la, la…
Our house is a very, very fine house with two cats in the yard, life used to be so hard,
now everything is easy cause of you and our
I'll light the fire, while you place the flowers in the vase that you bought today.
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i hope one day all people will rejoice and listen to crosby, stills, nash, and young cuz these 3 weeks ive known them have been the greatest ever
our house in the middle of our str-- Whoops! wrong song...
Such a cozy room. - - - - - - - - - - - - - The windows are illuminated.
those harmonies give me chills...
whoops, i hope that worked...o well, u know wat i tried to do
Ultimately... the perfect match in a perfect relationship in a perfect world. So...it's a dream.
This song is so beatiful and makes me so happy.it was was co written with Joni Mitchell, who was Nash's lover at the time. The two described this house as at the perfect hippy heaven.
Just perfect bliss.
this is a song by Nash about Joni and himself
Laety is 100%, without a doubt,absolutely correct...This song was written by Graham Nash when he was living with his girlfriend Joni Mitchell.
the hippie version of the american dream. he and his love have a big old rural house, they spend time picking flowers, playing music and staring in the fire, and just being in love. the singer's been through hard times, but now that he has his love, nothing will ever be hard again - "everything is easy" cause of her.
this song is an irresistable sing-along, and the music, harmony and lyrical message make it absolutely divine.
The song presents idyllic imagery and a satisfaction with simplicity. Happiness comes from an appreciation of simple things such as lighting a fire, placing flowers in a vase. The images bring to mind still lifes, a meditation on beauty that doesn't need a great big mansion. Happiness can be found in a trailer, as long as you're with the person you love. Life is in harmony. The musical elements of the song are genius, bringing to mind the harmony and melodic content of the Beatles. "An ode to countercultural domestic bliss", written in 1970, the influence of the British invasion cannot be denied.
you *place the flowers in the vase.
this is such a wonderful song.
the happiest song ever