"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.
I feel strange
Afraid of getting old
Turning fat, turning bold
My heart turns to stone
The days don't hardly feel the same
When I work too much these days
The pleasure comes with pain
And if I had more chances
I would never have run away
I take the things that come my way
[Chorus]
Give me one more time, then I do it right
Give me one more shot, I swear I won't fuck it up
Give me one more chance, don't say this is the end
I need one more go until the final no
In some face
With something in my head
That's telling me it's sad
About these chances I've had
I say I just don't need no help
But sometimes I need help
It's just like everybody else
[Chorus]
What is wrong with me, what is wrong with me
Can't believe it, I can't believe it
Just sitting here feeling sorry for me
And I feel that, I just feel that
I need some help just to break free
Afraid of getting old
Turning fat, turning bold
My heart turns to stone
The days don't hardly feel the same
When I work too much these days
The pleasure comes with pain
And if I had more chances
I would never have run away
I take the things that come my way
[Chorus]
Give me one more time, then I do it right
Give me one more shot, I swear I won't fuck it up
Give me one more chance, don't say this is the end
I need one more go until the final no
In some face
With something in my head
That's telling me it's sad
About these chances I've had
I say I just don't need no help
But sometimes I need help
It's just like everybody else
[Chorus]
What is wrong with me, what is wrong with me
Can't believe it, I can't believe it
Just sitting here feeling sorry for me
And I feel that, I just feel that
I need some help just to break free
Lyrics submitted by punk*vixen
One More Time Lyrics as written by Eric Martin Tom Duke
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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