"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.
Lately I've got this funny feeling
Something don't feel the same
But he's telling me I'm the one to blame
Yes I know that he still gives me good loving
But when he's deep inside
There's somebody else on his mind
Don't waste your time
But it gets so hard to know
Just walk away
You say that I got to let go
Seen it a million times before
You shouldn't take his stuff no more
Can't waste my time
Girl it's not hard to know
Should walk away
Oh, you've got to let it go
Seen it million times before
Shouldn't take his sh** no more
Sister girl, sister girl
It's much deeper than what you're thinking
When something don't feel the same
Yeah you better believe his love has changed
(And I've been telling you, telling you)
And what you're telling me
(It's been hurting me, hurting me)
It ain't, it ain't complete
He's got a sweetie on the side
Stop making truth, out of his lies
Don't waste your time
But it gets so hard to know
Just walk away
You say that I got to let go
Seen it a million times before
You shouldn't take his stuff no more
Can't waste my time
Girl it's not hard to know
Should walk away
Oh, you've got to let it go
Seen it million times before
Shouldn't take his stuff no more
What's the point of love
When you've got no trust
What's the point of staying
When you've seen enough
What's the point of giving
What he don't deserve
He don't deserve it
No you don't deserve it
Oh, what's the point of feeling
Like there's nothing inside
What's the point of saying
That you still got your pride
What's the point of giving
What he don't deserve
This is the last time
I'm gonna love you
Something don't feel the same
But he's telling me I'm the one to blame
Yes I know that he still gives me good loving
But when he's deep inside
There's somebody else on his mind
Don't waste your time
But it gets so hard to know
Just walk away
You say that I got to let go
Seen it a million times before
You shouldn't take his stuff no more
Can't waste my time
Girl it's not hard to know
Should walk away
Oh, you've got to let it go
Seen it million times before
Shouldn't take his sh** no more
Sister girl, sister girl
It's much deeper than what you're thinking
When something don't feel the same
Yeah you better believe his love has changed
(And I've been telling you, telling you)
And what you're telling me
(It's been hurting me, hurting me)
It ain't, it ain't complete
He's got a sweetie on the side
Stop making truth, out of his lies
Don't waste your time
But it gets so hard to know
Just walk away
You say that I got to let go
Seen it a million times before
You shouldn't take his stuff no more
Can't waste my time
Girl it's not hard to know
Should walk away
Oh, you've got to let it go
Seen it million times before
Shouldn't take his stuff no more
What's the point of love
When you've got no trust
What's the point of staying
When you've seen enough
What's the point of giving
What he don't deserve
He don't deserve it
No you don't deserve it
Oh, what's the point of feeling
Like there's nothing inside
What's the point of saying
That you still got your pride
What's the point of giving
What he don't deserve
This is the last time
I'm gonna love you
Lyrics submitted by Shoot_Me
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