"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.
Snow is falling from the sky, in the middle of July
Sun was shining in my eyes again last night
Alarm goes off without a sound, the silence is so loud
Something isn't right
Footsteps echo down the hall, no one's there at all
Dial your number but your voice says "I'm not home"
Everything is inside out, I don't know what it's about
It keeps getting stranger by the day
Stranger by the day
It keeps getting stranger by the day
Stranger by the day
Going for a walk outside, to see what I can find
No reflections in the windows I pass by
It feels hotter in the shade, water runs up from the drain
Something's going on
Conversations with a mime, stared at by the blind
Imagination must be working overtime
The world is upside down, everything is turned around
It keeps getting stranger by the day
Stranger by the day
It keeps getting stranger by the day
Stranger by the day, yeah
By the time I reach your door, I can't take anymore
I just happened to be in your neighborhood
I'm the one who gets surprised, I don't believe my eyes
Your alibi's no good
Whatever happened to the world
Whatever happened to the girl I thought I knew
It just can't be true, I guess I'm losing you
Stranger by the day
Stranger by the day
It keeps getting stranger by the day
Stranger by the day
Oh, stranger by the day
Sun was shining in my eyes again last night
Alarm goes off without a sound, the silence is so loud
Something isn't right
Footsteps echo down the hall, no one's there at all
Dial your number but your voice says "I'm not home"
Everything is inside out, I don't know what it's about
It keeps getting stranger by the day
Stranger by the day
It keeps getting stranger by the day
Stranger by the day
Going for a walk outside, to see what I can find
No reflections in the windows I pass by
It feels hotter in the shade, water runs up from the drain
Something's going on
Conversations with a mime, stared at by the blind
Imagination must be working overtime
The world is upside down, everything is turned around
It keeps getting stranger by the day
Stranger by the day
It keeps getting stranger by the day
Stranger by the day, yeah
By the time I reach your door, I can't take anymore
I just happened to be in your neighborhood
I'm the one who gets surprised, I don't believe my eyes
Your alibi's no good
Whatever happened to the world
Whatever happened to the girl I thought I knew
It just can't be true, I guess I'm losing you
Stranger by the day
Stranger by the day
It keeps getting stranger by the day
Stranger by the day
Oh, stranger by the day
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Stranger by the Day Lyrics as written by Kevin Lynch Ed Brown
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i saw them in CONCERT. good times. this was my favorite song.
i wish i could write lyrics like this
this song is my damn story!!! I love it ( and hate it))
whatever happened to the girl i thought i knew?She lied to me.
well written song
I think this song is about a boy that was cheated and broken hearted, no more comments.
at the part where u put "No reflection(s) in the windows I pass by" its about him not being able to c his reflection meaning somehting isnt rite or maybe he has (in referrence to ghosts and such) uve lost ur soul ro r dead, so its "no reflection is in, (or reflection's) the windows i pass by"
damn all of you!! this song is about lies and excuses! this is a song about falling in love with a girl that is kinda close to him. when he he started to show his feelings, it became uncomfortable for him because the girl is not intersted with him. it became strange for him everyday bacause he thought this girl was the girl he always wanted. the girl that he knew that would realyy care for him before they really knew each other wneh they are stiil friends
i agree w tommib it sounds like hes been cheated on and now everything is backward hes so confused because the grl was so right only to find she lied to him the whole time... in essense making him doubt everything else that he once saw as true
I've always thought this song was about how something was really wrong: i.e. the girl was cheating on him, but because it mattered so much it caused everything else to go wrong. He feels like everything's turned upside down and messed up. Some of the lyrcis are especially clever: instead of saying one thing, like it's snowing in summer, he sings a much longer, more descriptive line. Possibly helps that it rhymes better! ANyway, great song, I love listening to it loud when I'm on my own.