Couldn't tell me nothing
had to learn it on my own
on the restless side of seventeen
the day that i left home
screaming down that highway
with a passion to break any rules
i went crashing at the speed of a fool

she was serving all night coffee
at a san antonio cafe
she was headed nowhere
i was headed her way
with a trusting soul and a naive heart
there was nothing i could do
so i went crashing , at the speed of a fool

(chorus)
you're either born for holding back
or bound for letting go
so i throw caution to the wind
wherever it may blow
it's the only way i know
i go crashing at the speed of a fool

got a hunger for that highway
i know will never end
lord i can't help what i'm not
and won't change what i am
til' the roll is called up yonder
to my own self i'll be true
and go crashing at the speed of a fool

(repeat chorus)
(tag)
i go crashing at the speed of a fool