"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.
Vamonos
Save me from this prison
Lord, help me get away
'Cause only you can save me now from this misery
I've been lost in my own place and I'm gettin' weary
How far is heaven?
And I know that I need to change my ways of livin'
How far is heaven?
Lord, can you tell me
I've been locked up way too long in this crazy world
How far is heaven?
And I just keep on prayin', Lord, and just keep on livin'
How far is heaven?
Yeah, Lord, can you tell me?
How far is heaven? ('Cause I just gotta know how far, yeah)
How far is heaven? (Yeah, Lord, can you tell me?)
Tú que estás en alto cielo
Échame tu bendición
'Cause I know there's a better place than this place I'm living
How far is heaven?
And I just got to have some faith and just keep on giving
How far is heaven? (Yeah, Lord, can you tell me?)
How far is heaven? ('Cause I just got to know how far, yeah)
How far is heaven? (Yeah, Lord, can you tell me?)
How far is heaven? ('Cause I just gotta know how far)
I just want to know how far
Save me from this prison
Lord, help me get away
'Cause only you can save me now from this misery
I've been lost in my own place and I'm gettin' weary
How far is heaven?
And I know that I need to change my ways of livin'
How far is heaven?
Lord, can you tell me
I've been locked up way too long in this crazy world
How far is heaven?
And I just keep on prayin', Lord, and just keep on livin'
How far is heaven?
Yeah, Lord, can you tell me?
How far is heaven? ('Cause I just gotta know how far, yeah)
How far is heaven? (Yeah, Lord, can you tell me?)
Tú que estás en alto cielo
Échame tu bendición
'Cause I know there's a better place than this place I'm living
How far is heaven?
And I just got to have some faith and just keep on giving
How far is heaven? (Yeah, Lord, can you tell me?)
How far is heaven? ('Cause I just got to know how far, yeah)
How far is heaven? (Yeah, Lord, can you tell me?)
How far is heaven? ('Cause I just gotta know how far)
I just want to know how far
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Heaven Lyrics as written by Joey Garza Henry Garza
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I was at a place in my life not too long ago where I really cried out to the lord because I felt like I was in a prision...like i was in a living hell and he gave me faith.....oh boy did he give me faith :-)
i hate this song i know its about god and all and im a christian but it gets on my nerves they play it wayyyyy 2 much!!!!!!!
This isn't a Christian song....
I have to disagree with you beau99; this song is about God. It is about a man who finds life getting really hard to handle and asks how far until he reaches heaven, a place of rest. It is not about a girl, like everybody who just listens to the radio thinks.
Amen!!!!
I love this song, because it's not like... incredibly religious but I think the lyrics are still meaningful and it has a good tune...
i like it too, and i never really pay any attention to the lyrics, but this song is just pretty.
The song is a prayer guys. Thats what Henry himself said in Guitar magazine a while back. He said he was having a really hard time with life and one day he just dropped down and started praying and then this song came to him so he had to write it down. It's good song, but it's one of the worst on the album. So that says a lot. Get the album people and stop judging them by one freakin video.
In my top 10 most annoying songs... It's toooooo catchy AHHHH to each their own.
I hate it too....... this song is nothing compared to Onda on their album.