"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.
Oh
Oh, yeah
Oh, oh, yeah, yeah
Oh
I thought I might begin by filling you in
In case you didn't already know
I'll never forget how you got up and left
In fact, it was downright pretty low
There ain't no way I wanna
You know I ain't gonna
Take you back, so don't even try
You can beg, you can plead
You can sweat, you can bleed
Too bad I could care if you cry
That's it (that's all)
We had fun (had a ball)
It was good while it lasted
But now I'm past it
(It was short) It was sweet
Sure you swept me off my feet
I miss you now and then
But would I do it all again? Nah
You won't find me
Naked and cold, just a-sittin' on the doctor's table
Waitin' to be told just why
I'm no longer able to feel my heart beatin'
Give me a good reason why
I kinda went numb
Just around about the time you told me you were movin' on
And you said that you were gonna phone me
It's been so long and there ain't nothin' wrong with the line
It's too late to regret it
But you're the one who said it
We're better off being apart
I hate to be a downer
But don't bother comin' 'round here
'Cause I won't have a change of heart (a change of heart)
That's it (that's all)
We had fun ( had a ball)
It was good while it lasted
But now I'm past it
(It was short) It was sweet
Sure you swept me off my feet
I miss you now and then
But would I do it all again? Nah
You won't find me
Naked and cold, just a-sittin' on the doctor's table
Waitin' to be told just why
I'm no longer able to feel my heart beatin'
Give me a good reason why
I kinda went numb
Just around about the time you told me you were movin' on
And you said that you were gonna phone me
It's been so long and there ain't nothin' wrong with the line
Nah, nah, nah, nah
Nah, nah, nah, nah
Nah, nah, nah, nah
Nah, nah, nah, nah
Nah, nah, nah, nah
Nah, nah, nah, nah
Ha
Hey, yeah, yeah
Well, I hope you learned a lesson
'Cause you'll never be messing
With my head again the way that you did
It was never gonna work, you were too much of a jerk
I'm finally fed up with it
That's it (that's all)
We had fun (had a ball)
It was good while it lasted
But now I'm past it
(It was short) It was sweet
Sure you swept me off my feet
I miss you now and then
But would I do it all again? Nah
You won't find me
Naked and cold, just a-sittin' on the doctor's table
Waitin' to be told just why
I'm no longer able to feel my heart beatin'
Give me a good reason why
I kinda went numb
Just around about the time you told me you were movin' on
And you said that you were gonna phone me
It's been so long and there ain't nothin' wrong with the line
Oh, nah, nah, nah nah
Nah, nah, nah nah
Nah, nah, nah nah
Nah, nah, nah nah
Nah, nah, nah nah
Nah, nah, nah nah
Oh, ooh
Oh, nah, nah
Oh, yeah
Oh, oh, yeah, yeah
Oh
I thought I might begin by filling you in
In case you didn't already know
I'll never forget how you got up and left
In fact, it was downright pretty low
There ain't no way I wanna
You know I ain't gonna
Take you back, so don't even try
You can beg, you can plead
You can sweat, you can bleed
Too bad I could care if you cry
That's it (that's all)
We had fun (had a ball)
It was good while it lasted
But now I'm past it
(It was short) It was sweet
Sure you swept me off my feet
I miss you now and then
But would I do it all again? Nah
You won't find me
Naked and cold, just a-sittin' on the doctor's table
Waitin' to be told just why
I'm no longer able to feel my heart beatin'
Give me a good reason why
I kinda went numb
Just around about the time you told me you were movin' on
And you said that you were gonna phone me
It's been so long and there ain't nothin' wrong with the line
It's too late to regret it
But you're the one who said it
We're better off being apart
I hate to be a downer
But don't bother comin' 'round here
'Cause I won't have a change of heart (a change of heart)
That's it (that's all)
We had fun ( had a ball)
It was good while it lasted
But now I'm past it
(It was short) It was sweet
Sure you swept me off my feet
I miss you now and then
But would I do it all again? Nah
You won't find me
Naked and cold, just a-sittin' on the doctor's table
Waitin' to be told just why
I'm no longer able to feel my heart beatin'
Give me a good reason why
I kinda went numb
Just around about the time you told me you were movin' on
And you said that you were gonna phone me
It's been so long and there ain't nothin' wrong with the line
Nah, nah, nah, nah
Nah, nah, nah, nah
Nah, nah, nah, nah
Nah, nah, nah, nah
Nah, nah, nah, nah
Nah, nah, nah, nah
Ha
Hey, yeah, yeah
Well, I hope you learned a lesson
'Cause you'll never be messing
With my head again the way that you did
It was never gonna work, you were too much of a jerk
I'm finally fed up with it
That's it (that's all)
We had fun (had a ball)
It was good while it lasted
But now I'm past it
(It was short) It was sweet
Sure you swept me off my feet
I miss you now and then
But would I do it all again? Nah
You won't find me
Naked and cold, just a-sittin' on the doctor's table
Waitin' to be told just why
I'm no longer able to feel my heart beatin'
Give me a good reason why
I kinda went numb
Just around about the time you told me you were movin' on
And you said that you were gonna phone me
It's been so long and there ain't nothin' wrong with the line
Oh, nah, nah, nah nah
Nah, nah, nah nah
Nah, nah, nah nah
Nah, nah, nah nah
Nah, nah, nah nah
Nah, nah, nah nah
Oh, ooh
Oh, nah, nah
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Nah! Lyrics as written by Shania Twain Robert John Lange
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"(It was sure!) It was sweet" is wrong.
It should be: "(It was short!) It was sweet"