"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 was so in love with you
You rarely see a love that true
Wasn't that enough for you?
Wasn't that enough for you?
I would climb a mountain
I wouldn't want to see you fall
Rock climb for you
And give you a reason for it all
You kept on thinking
You were the only one
Too busy thinking
Love is a gun
Hit me like a slow bullet
Like a slow bullet
It took me some time to realize it
You kept on thinking
You were the only one
Too busy thinking
Love is a gun
I know the end before the story's been told
It's not that complicated
But you're gonna need a bulletproof soul
You kept on thinking
You were the only one
Too busy thinking (you were too busy thinking)
Love is a gun
I know the end before the story's been told
It's not that complicated
But you're gonna need a bulletproof soul
You were trigger-happy, baby
You never warned me, let me free
It's not that complicated
But you're gonna need a bulletproof soul
They got it, but you got all the trouble you need
I came in like a lamb
But I intend to leave like a lion
It hit me like a slow bullet
It hit me like a slow bullet
You rarely see a love that true
Wasn't that enough for you?
Wasn't that enough for you?
I would climb a mountain
I wouldn't want to see you fall
Rock climb for you
And give you a reason for it all
You kept on thinking
You were the only one
Too busy thinking
Love is a gun
Hit me like a slow bullet
Like a slow bullet
It took me some time to realize it
You kept on thinking
You were the only one
Too busy thinking
Love is a gun
I know the end before the story's been told
It's not that complicated
But you're gonna need a bulletproof soul
You kept on thinking
You were the only one
Too busy thinking (you were too busy thinking)
Love is a gun
I know the end before the story's been told
It's not that complicated
But you're gonna need a bulletproof soul
You were trigger-happy, baby
You never warned me, let me free
It's not that complicated
But you're gonna need a bulletproof soul
They got it, but you got all the trouble you need
I came in like a lamb
But I intend to leave like a lion
It hit me like a slow bullet
It hit me like a slow bullet
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