"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.
Guardo dentro me e so già
Cosa resterà di noi
Quello che vorrei sei tu
Ma niente ti riporta qui
Che cosa non farei per te
Ma il tempo gioca contro me
Quanto ti vorrei non sai, oh no
Non puoi lasciarmi così (non mi lasciare mai)
Lo sai (non mi lasciare mai)
Oh no (non mi lasciare mai)
Non puoi giocare così (non puoi giocare mai)
Con me (non mi lasciare mai)
Oh no (non mi lasciare mai)
Non farlo mai
Ritornerai lo so
Mi vedo già vicino a te
Dammi un segno che tu ci sei
Io voglio immaginarti qui
Che cosa non farei per te
Ma il tempo gioca contro me
Quanto ti vorrei non sai, oh no
Lo sai che
Non puoi lasciarmi così (non mi lasciare mai)
Lo sai (non mi lasciare mai)
Oh no (non mi lasciare mai)
Non puoi giocare così (non puoi giocare mai)
Con me (non mi lasciare mai)
Oh no (non mi lasciare mai)
Non farlo mai
Se ci credi s'è ancora un domani per noi
Possiamo ancora stare insieme
Se ci tieni
Starò qui con te
Sarai qui con me
Ritornerai lo so
Mi vedo già vicino a te
Dammi un segno che tu ci sei
Io voglio immaginarti qui
Che cosa non farei per te
Ma il tempo gioca contro me
Quanto ti vorrei non sai, oh no
Non puoi lasciarmi così (non mi lasciare mai)
Lo sai (non mi lasciare mai)
Oh no (non mi lasciare mai)
Non puoi giocare così (non puoi giocare mai)
Con me (non mi lasciare mai)
Oh no (non mi lasciare mai)
Non farlo mai
Cosa resterà di noi
Quello che vorrei sei tu
Ma niente ti riporta qui
Che cosa non farei per te
Ma il tempo gioca contro me
Quanto ti vorrei non sai, oh no
Non puoi lasciarmi così (non mi lasciare mai)
Lo sai (non mi lasciare mai)
Oh no (non mi lasciare mai)
Non puoi giocare così (non puoi giocare mai)
Con me (non mi lasciare mai)
Oh no (non mi lasciare mai)
Non farlo mai
Ritornerai lo so
Mi vedo già vicino a te
Dammi un segno che tu ci sei
Io voglio immaginarti qui
Che cosa non farei per te
Ma il tempo gioca contro me
Quanto ti vorrei non sai, oh no
Lo sai che
Non puoi lasciarmi così (non mi lasciare mai)
Lo sai (non mi lasciare mai)
Oh no (non mi lasciare mai)
Non puoi giocare così (non puoi giocare mai)
Con me (non mi lasciare mai)
Oh no (non mi lasciare mai)
Non farlo mai
Se ci credi s'è ancora un domani per noi
Possiamo ancora stare insieme
Se ci tieni
Starò qui con te
Sarai qui con me
Ritornerai lo so
Mi vedo già vicino a te
Dammi un segno che tu ci sei
Io voglio immaginarti qui
Che cosa non farei per te
Ma il tempo gioca contro me
Quanto ti vorrei non sai, oh no
Non puoi lasciarmi così (non mi lasciare mai)
Lo sai (non mi lasciare mai)
Oh no (non mi lasciare mai)
Non puoi giocare così (non puoi giocare mai)
Con me (non mi lasciare mai)
Oh no (non mi lasciare mai)
Non farlo mai
Lyrics submitted by MusiQchickDFWM
Non Puoi Lasciarmi Cosi Lyrics as written by Herbert Crichlow Martin Karl Sandberg
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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