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 going 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 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 I 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 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 I go crashing at the speed of a fool