作词 : Boone, Nelson 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