"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 look at her and have to smile
As we go driving for a while
Her hair blowing in the open window of my car, and
And as we go the traffic lights
Watch them glimmer in her eyes
In the darkness of the evening
Oh, and I've got all that I need
Right here in the passenger seat
Oh, and I can't keep my eyes on the road
Knowing that she's inches from me
We stop to get something to drink
My mind clouds and I can't think
Scared to death to say I love her
Then the moon peek from the clouds
I hear my heart it beats so loud
Try to tell her simply
That I've got all that I need
Right here in the passenger seat
Oh, and I can't keep my eyes on the road
Knowing that she's inches from me
Oh, and I know
That this love, it'll grow
Oh, and I've got all that I need
Right here in the passenger seat
Oh, and I can't keep my eyes on the road
Knowing that she's inches from me
I look at her and have to smile (I've got all that I need)
As we go driving for a while
Her hair blowing in the open window of my car, and (I've got all that I need)
And as we go the traffic lights (I've got all that I need)
Watch them glimmer in her eyes
In the darkness of the evening, oh, oh oh (I've got all that I need)
And I've got all that I need
Right here in the passenger seat
Oh, and I can't keep my eyes on the road
Knowing that she's inches from me
Oh, oh, oh
And I've got all that I need
Right here in the passenger seat
and I can't keep my eyes on the road
Knowing that she's inches from me
As we go driving for a while
Her hair blowing in the open window of my car, and
And as we go the traffic lights
Watch them glimmer in her eyes
In the darkness of the evening
Oh, and I've got all that I need
Right here in the passenger seat
Oh, and I can't keep my eyes on the road
Knowing that she's inches from me
We stop to get something to drink
My mind clouds and I can't think
Scared to death to say I love her
Then the moon peek from the clouds
I hear my heart it beats so loud
Try to tell her simply
That I've got all that I need
Right here in the passenger seat
Oh, and I can't keep my eyes on the road
Knowing that she's inches from me
Oh, and I know
That this love, it'll grow
Oh, and I've got all that I need
Right here in the passenger seat
Oh, and I can't keep my eyes on the road
Knowing that she's inches from me
I look at her and have to smile (I've got all that I need)
As we go driving for a while
Her hair blowing in the open window of my car, and (I've got all that I need)
And as we go the traffic lights (I've got all that I need)
Watch them glimmer in her eyes
In the darkness of the evening, oh, oh oh (I've got all that I need)
And I've got all that I need
Right here in the passenger seat
Oh, and I can't keep my eyes on the road
Knowing that she's inches from me
Oh, oh, oh
And I've got all that I need
Right here in the passenger seat
and I can't keep my eyes on the road
Knowing that she's inches from me
Lyrics submitted by NeverKnowWhoSheIs
Passenger Seat Lyrics as written by Tj Mccloud Rockwell Ryan Ripperger
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