"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
I realize you're seeing someone new
But I don't believe she knows you like I do
Your temperamental moody side
The one you always try to hide from me
But I know when you've got something on your mind
You've been trying to tell me for the longest time
But before you break my heart in two
There's something I've been trying to say to you
But the words get in the way
There's so much I want to say
But it's locked deep inside and if you look in my eyes
We might fall in love again
I won't even start to cry
Before we say goodbye
I'm trying to say I love you
But the words get in the way
Your heart has always been an open door
But baby I don't even know you anymore
And despite the fact it's hurting me
I know the time has come to set you free
But the words get in the way
There's so much I want to say
But it's locked deep inside and if you look in my eyes
We might fall in love again
I won't even start to cry
Before we say goodbye
I'm trying to say I love you
But the words get in the way
I'm trying to say I love you
But the words get in the way
But I don't believe she knows you like I do
Your temperamental moody side
The one you always try to hide from me
But I know when you've got something on your mind
You've been trying to tell me for the longest time
But before you break my heart in two
There's something I've been trying to say to you
But the words get in the way
There's so much I want to say
But it's locked deep inside and if you look in my eyes
We might fall in love again
I won't even start to cry
Before we say goodbye
I'm trying to say I love you
But the words get in the way
Your heart has always been an open door
But baby I don't even know you anymore
And despite the fact it's hurting me
I know the time has come to set you free
But the words get in the way
There's so much I want to say
But it's locked deep inside and if you look in my eyes
We might fall in love again
I won't even start to cry
Before we say goodbye
I'm trying to say I love you
But the words get in the way
I'm trying to say I love you
But the words get in the way
Lyrics submitted by Boonechic_21
Words Get in the Way Lyrics as written by Gloria M. Estefan
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Foreign Imported Productions & Publishing, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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