"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.
What a beautiful smile / A radiant girl / Fell in love first time I saw her / She stays on my mind / I’d give anything / To know everything about her / There’s light in her eyes / And I know it’s all for him / She carries on and on / Like he was her best friend / She’s in love (repeat) /It’s not hard to see / But I would like to believe it was with me / Someone got a hold of her heart / And he won’t let go / And I know / She’s in love / She looks to the sky / When she talks about him / She believes he hung the moon / Said he had to go away / She waits for his return / Says he’s coming for her soon / How can this be fair? / This guy can walk on water / Don’t guess I’ve got a prayer / He’s written love letters - to reach her / She worships the ground he walks on / She just smiles when she says his name / It’s a match made in heaven / I can’t compete with the King of Kings
Lyrics submitted by RockStar876876, edited by Mellow_Harsher
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