The sounds of my mom playing Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” from her CD player permeates my childhood memories.
Little did I know that 15 years later, it would continue to follow me through my travels. Whether it was hearing a street performer play Tracy Chapman during Barcelona’s Festival de La Mercé or singing the same song during karaoke at a bar in Nepal, Tracy Chapman keeps coming back to remind me to live my life in a Fast Car. As Walt Whitman would say, “Fast Car” has been my Song of the Open Road. Paired together, they keep me moving forward, constantly in motion, on the road to see the next adventure that life has to offer.