Faster Horses (The Cowboy and the Poet) aspiring poet who turns to a rugged cowboy for advice and inspiration. The cowboy spits tobacco on the ground and affirms his philosophy on life: ""It's faster horses/younger women/older whiskey/and more money"." The poet tries to dispute the man's values and said he was looking for simple inspiration, to which the cowboy strongly reaffirms his stance on life. Disillusioned, the poet tries to start a fight, but eventually realizes (at gunpoint) the cowboy may have a point and leaves poetry behind. The chorus was given in evidence to a U.S. Senate subcommittee by the banking consultant Alex Sheshunoff: Faster Horses
Faster Faster project I Am Me, releasing songs such as "The City", "Two Years", "Dog", and "The Way She Sees Me". Soon after the release of this project, Dowling put up a blog stating that Faster Faster's old drummer, Steuart Wainright, had been added to the lineup of I Am Me. A photoshoot was done for the duo and some of the pictures were uploaded to Wainright's Facebook profile. Since then, the blog and pictures have been deleted. In April 2010, at a show in Brunswick, Georgia, after Dowling played a set as I Am Me, Kyle Davis made a guest appearance