"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.
Sew my throat in bits
And my lungs are real sick
I could plaster on a fake smile
And ruin my life in style
I'll build my home with useless guilt
With all the ones that didn't fit
Fill your heart with love today
Until it's all okay
If you're happy in the world tonight
You're lucky that you made it
And everything's alright
If you're lonely and asleep at night
I'm sorry that you're lonely
And nothing's turned out right
If you're happy in the world tonight
You're lucky that you made it
And everything's alright
If you're lonely and asleep at night
I'm sorry that you're lonely
And nothing's turned out right
And my lungs are real sick
I could plaster on a fake smile
And ruin my life in style
I'll build my home with useless guilt
With all the ones that didn't fit
Fill your heart with love today
Until it's all okay
If you're happy in the world tonight
You're lucky that you made it
And everything's alright
If you're lonely and asleep at night
I'm sorry that you're lonely
And nothing's turned out right
If you're happy in the world tonight
You're lucky that you made it
And everything's alright
If you're lonely and asleep at night
I'm sorry that you're lonely
And nothing's turned out right
Lyrics submitted by boss_2k
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im sorry that you knew me and nothings turned out right..
if you're lonely when you sleep at night..
these lyrics are all wrong
That's a terrible attempt at the lyrics...
I think these are the real lyrics:
So my throat is in bits, And my lungs are real sick. I could plaster on a fake smile, And ruin my life in style. I'll build home with useless kids, With all the ones that didn't fit. Fill your heart with love today And tell us all it's ok.
If you're happy in the world tonight, You're lucky that you made it And everything's alright. If you're lonely when you sleep at night, I'm sorry that you knew me And nothing's turned out right.
If you're happy in the world tonight, You're lucky that you made it And everything's alright. If you're lonely when you sleep at night, I'm sorry that you knew me And nothing's turned out right.