"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.
Some secrets need to be kept
Some stories should never be told
Some reasons shouldn't be understood
They just might turn your blood cold
Who needs all the answers?
Who takes all the chances?
Who said the truth's gonna save you
When the truth could be dangerous
[Chorus]
Like the way I feel, it's all right to steal
What I need from you, do what I have to do
Say what I have to say, go where I have to go
And that's dangerous, dangerous to know
Know, know, know
I was a law unto myself when you found me out on my own
Together nothing was sacred, together we were alone
Who needs all the questions?
Who lost their direction?
Who said a lie's gonna break you
When a lie could be dangerous
[Chorus]
And that's dangerous, dangerous to know
Ignorance is bliss
You're safe when you resist
There's no safety in a kiss like this
It's dangerous, so kiss me
Kiss me
[Chorus]
And that's dangerous, dangerous
[Chorus]
And that's dangerous, dangerous to know
Know, know, know
Some secrets need to be kept
Some stories should never be told
Some reasons shouldn't be understood
They just might turn your blood cold
Who needs all the answers?
Who takes all the chances?
Who said the truth's gonna save you
When the truth could be dangerous
[Chorus]
Like the way I feel, it's all right to steal
What I need from you, do what I have to do
Say what I have to say, go where I have to go
And that's dangerous, dangerous to know
Know, know, know
I was a law unto myself when you found me out on my own
Together nothing was sacred, together we were alone
Who needs all the questions?
Who lost their direction?
Who said a lie's gonna break you
When a lie could be dangerous
[Chorus]
And that's dangerous, dangerous to know
Ignorance is bliss
You're safe when you resist
There's no safety in a kiss like this
It's dangerous, so kiss me
Kiss me
[Chorus]
And that's dangerous, dangerous
[Chorus]
And that's dangerous, dangerous to know
Know, know, know
Some secrets need to be kept
Lyrics submitted by sens_freak_18
Dangerous to Know Lyrics as written by James Marr Charlie Midnight
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