"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.
Damn those eyes,
They keep me torn inside.
She runs like a river through me,
Always you.
Eyes don't lie, words may try.
She comes like a mystery, flows through me,
And I swear it's true,
Always you.
I wish I could run in to you now, ey yeah
I wish I could run in to you now
If I see you one more time,
Maybe I'd feel better, ey yeah
If I'd see you one more time,
Maybe I'd feel not so cold.
Damn those eyes,
No matter how I try,
She reigns with her symphony, over me.
Words may try
I said
Eyes don't lie,
She speaks with her tender voice,
'till there's no choice,
And I swear it's true, always you.
Eh yeah eh yeah
I wish I could run in to you now, ey yeah
I wish I could run in to you now
If I see you one more time, maybe I'd feel better,
If I'd see you one more time,
Maybe I'd feel better
Eh yeh Oh ey yeah eh eh yeah
Eh yeah yeah, better
Oh oh oh yeah yeah
See you one more time
Hold you one more time
Baby yeah
Baby baby yeah
Baby baby
See you want you
O yeah maybe I'd feel better
If I'd see you one more time
Maybe I'd feel better
If I'd see you one more time
Maybe I'd feel.
Maybe I'd feel a whole lot better
They keep me torn inside.
She runs like a river through me,
Always you.
Eyes don't lie, words may try.
She comes like a mystery, flows through me,
And I swear it's true,
Always you.
I wish I could run in to you now, ey yeah
I wish I could run in to you now
If I see you one more time,
Maybe I'd feel better, ey yeah
If I'd see you one more time,
Maybe I'd feel not so cold.
Damn those eyes,
No matter how I try,
She reigns with her symphony, over me.
Words may try
I said
Eyes don't lie,
She speaks with her tender voice,
'till there's no choice,
And I swear it's true, always you.
Eh yeah eh yeah
I wish I could run in to you now, ey yeah
I wish I could run in to you now
If I see you one more time, maybe I'd feel better,
If I'd see you one more time,
Maybe I'd feel better
Eh yeh Oh ey yeah eh eh yeah
Eh yeah yeah, better
Oh oh oh yeah yeah
See you one more time
Hold you one more time
Baby yeah
Baby baby yeah
Baby baby
See you want you
O yeah maybe I'd feel better
If I'd see you one more time
Maybe I'd feel better
If I'd see you one more time
Maybe I'd feel.
Maybe I'd feel a whole lot better
Lyrics submitted by LittleLaura
Damn Those Eyes Lyrics as written by Marco Frank Ferdinand Woesthoff
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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