"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.
September never stays this cold
Where I come from
And you know
I'm not one (I'm not one) for complaining (for complaining)
But I love the way you'd roll
Excuses off the tip of your tongue
As I slowly fall apart (slowly, quietly, slowly)
Fall apart
Is falling apart
Is falling apart
Is falling apart
As of this won't mean a thing come tomorrow
And that's exactly how I'll make it seem
'Cause I'm still not sleeping
Thinking I've crawled home from worse than this
So please, please (please)
I'm running out of sympathy (I'm running out of sympathy)
And I never said I'd take this
I never said I'd take this lying down
She says
"Come on, come on, let's just get this over with"
She says
"Come on, come on, let's just get this over with"
I never said I'd take this lying down (let's just get this over with)
And I've crawled home from worse than this
She says
"Come on, come on, let's just get this over with"
You always come close but this never comes easy
I still know everything
You always come close but you never come easy
I still know everything
This always comes close but you never come easy
I still know everything
You always come so close
I still know everything, I still know everything, I still know
You always come close but this never comes easy
You always come close but you never come easy
You're coming in, you're coming close
I never said I'd take this lying down
I never said I'd take this lying down
But I've crawled home from worse than this
If it's not keeping you up nights
Then what's the point?
Then what's the point?
Then what's the point?
Then what's the point?
I'm in your room
Is this turning you on?
Am I turning you on?
I'm in your room
Are you turned on?
I'm on the corner of your bed
I'm thinking maybe
Are you turned on?
Are you turned on?
Where I come from
And you know
I'm not one (I'm not one) for complaining (for complaining)
But I love the way you'd roll
Excuses off the tip of your tongue
As I slowly fall apart (slowly, quietly, slowly)
Fall apart
Is falling apart
Is falling apart
Is falling apart
As of this won't mean a thing come tomorrow
And that's exactly how I'll make it seem
'Cause I'm still not sleeping
Thinking I've crawled home from worse than this
So please, please (please)
I'm running out of sympathy (I'm running out of sympathy)
And I never said I'd take this
I never said I'd take this lying down
She says
"Come on, come on, let's just get this over with"
She says
"Come on, come on, let's just get this over with"
I never said I'd take this lying down (let's just get this over with)
And I've crawled home from worse than this
She says
"Come on, come on, let's just get this over with"
You always come close but this never comes easy
I still know everything
You always come close but you never come easy
I still know everything
This always comes close but you never come easy
I still know everything
You always come so close
I still know everything, I still know everything, I still know
You always come close but this never comes easy
You always come close but you never come easy
You're coming in, you're coming close
I never said I'd take this lying down
I never said I'd take this lying down
But I've crawled home from worse than this
If it's not keeping you up nights
Then what's the point?
Then what's the point?
Then what's the point?
Then what's the point?
I'm in your room
Is this turning you on?
Am I turning you on?
I'm in your room
Are you turned on?
I'm on the corner of your bed
I'm thinking maybe
Are you turned on?
Are you turned on?
Lyrics submitted by BrandNew1208
Great Romances of the 20th Century Lyrics as written by Edward Reyes Adam Lazzara
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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i like this better than the Cd version because of the intro with the guy talking about finding the perfect girl the intro to this word so deserves spoken word
i think i have this version downloaded. this song rules!! i love how like 2 of them sing at the same time. its really awesome. i dunno of any other bands that do that. but i am sure there are. if you guys know of any send me a private message. kay. thanks.
The quote at the beginning of the song is from a movie called <i>Beautiful Girls</i>
a beautiful girl can make you dizzy, like you've been drinking jack and coke all morning, she can make you feel high, well the single greatest commodity known to man, a promise, a promise of a better day, a promise of a greater hope, a promise of a new tommorrow, this particular aura can be found in the gaze of a beautiful girl, in her smile and in her soul, and the way she makes every rotten thing about life seems like it's going to be ok... great intro, I love this song, great ending too, it sounds funny when you hear it until I put it in context with relationships, girl being horny as hell, so was I, but she didn't really show it, now I'm faced with it... great song
i agree with phrenchorn, i love that intro. Beautiful Girls is a movie, but i cant find it anywhere on kazaa. Is there any other way i can d/l this movie and watch it?
i agree with phrenchorn, i love that intro. Beautiful Girls is a movie, but i cant find it anywhere on kazaa. Is there any other way i can d/l this movie and watch it?
i like this 1 better than the album cause of the intro and because it is not over-produced (also cause its a demo, ha)
You probably can't download it. However, I'm sure that you could very easily go to the movie store and spend a couple dollars to rent it. It's also on TV sometimes, perhaps TBS or TNT. I've only seen parts of it, it doesn't look very good.
It's a great movie!! I ordered it from netflix (if you have a dvd player and like movies it's super cool) I totally recomend watching it... you'll have so much more respect for the demo version of this song too.
it's a crappy movie...but i'd rent it just to see the part with michael rappaport saying that quote cause it's so cute... the context he has it in is so much diff than the song makes it seem tho