"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.
Slowly, surely I walk away from
That old desperate and tainted love
Caught up in the maze of love, the crazy craze of love
Thought it was good
Thought it was real
Thought it was
But it wasn't love
I just don't know where I should go
So, slowly, surely
I walk away from self-serving, undeserving, constantly hurting me love
Deserting me love
You said
I said
We said, but
Slowly, surely I walk away from
Confusing love, misusing love, abusing love
This can't be
Slowly, surely I walk away from
Self-serving, undeserving
Constantly hurting me love
I just don't know where I should go, no
I just don't know, know, know, know where I should go
So, slowly, surely I walk away from
That old desperate and dazed love
Caught up in the maze of love, the crazy craze of love
Thought it was good
Thought it was real
Thought it was
But it wasn't love
I just don't know where to go
So, slowly, surely I walk away from
I walk away from
Slowly, surely I walk away from love
Slowly, surely one step at a time, but surely
I will pass the old love aside and love me
Slowly, surely I walk away from
Slowly, surely I walk away from desperate love
Caught up in the maze love, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy love
Slowly, surely I walk away from
Slowly, surely I walk away from
Slowly, surely I walk away from
Slowly, surely I walk away from
Slowly, surely I walk away from
Slowly, surely I walk away from
Slowly, Surely, slowly, surely, slowly, surely
That old desperate and tainted love
Caught up in the maze of love, the crazy craze of love
Thought it was good
Thought it was real
Thought it was
But it wasn't love
I just don't know where I should go
So, slowly, surely
I walk away from self-serving, undeserving, constantly hurting me love
Deserting me love
You said
I said
We said, but
Slowly, surely I walk away from
Confusing love, misusing love, abusing love
This can't be
Slowly, surely I walk away from
Self-serving, undeserving
Constantly hurting me love
I just don't know where I should go, no
I just don't know, know, know, know where I should go
So, slowly, surely I walk away from
That old desperate and dazed love
Caught up in the maze of love, the crazy craze of love
Thought it was good
Thought it was real
Thought it was
But it wasn't love
I just don't know where to go
So, slowly, surely I walk away from
I walk away from
Slowly, surely I walk away from love
Slowly, surely one step at a time, but surely
I will pass the old love aside and love me
Slowly, surely I walk away from
Slowly, surely I walk away from desperate love
Caught up in the maze love, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy love
Slowly, surely I walk away from
Slowly, surely I walk away from
Slowly, surely I walk away from
Slowly, surely I walk away from
Slowly, surely I walk away from
Slowly, surely I walk away from
Slowly, Surely, slowly, surely, slowly, surely
Lyrics submitted by myslumberingheart
Slowly Surely Lyrics as written by Bebel Gilberto Tei Towa
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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