"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.
You got your brand ne w house,
You got your brand new room,
You got the pictures one the wall, and I'm not in any of them,
I've got your letters stored,
And space to fill,
I've got a box I never threw away, and probably never will,
I won't say your name without a smile,
Wasted nights,
We feared our home,
I drove you anywhere you'd want to go,
On nameless streets,
You told me you loved me,
Forever and ever again,
I kept the ticket stubs,
I got our last playbill,
You've got stories for the big screen, and you bought "If There's A Will,"
I carry my own life,
With my heart intact,
Like those times I used to spend with you are never coming back,
I'll sit another day, remembering,
Wasted nights,
We feared our home,
I drove you anywhere you'd want to go,
On nameless streets,
You told me you loved me,
Forever and ever,
Were you the one for me? (Were you the one for me?)
Were you the one for me? (Were you the one for me?)
There was once, this chance, to share the world with just one girl,
Cause she was perferct, she was honest,
She broke my heart, when she broke her promise,
There was once, this chance, to share the world with just one girl,
Cause she was perferct, she was honest,
She broke my heart, when she broke her promise,
(Wasted nights, we feared our home, I drove you anywhere you'd want to go)
There was once, this chance, to share the world with just one girl,
(On nameless streets, you told me you loved me)
Cause she was perferct, she was honest,
She broke my heart, when,
Forever and forever again,
You got your brand new room,
You got the pictures one the wall, and I'm not in any of them,
I've got your letters stored,
And space to fill,
I've got a box I never threw away, and probably never will,
I won't say your name without a smile,
Wasted nights,
We feared our home,
I drove you anywhere you'd want to go,
On nameless streets,
You told me you loved me,
Forever and ever again,
I kept the ticket stubs,
I got our last playbill,
You've got stories for the big screen, and you bought "If There's A Will,"
I carry my own life,
With my heart intact,
Like those times I used to spend with you are never coming back,
I'll sit another day, remembering,
Wasted nights,
We feared our home,
I drove you anywhere you'd want to go,
On nameless streets,
You told me you loved me,
Forever and ever,
Were you the one for me? (Were you the one for me?)
Were you the one for me? (Were you the one for me?)
There was once, this chance, to share the world with just one girl,
Cause she was perferct, she was honest,
She broke my heart, when she broke her promise,
There was once, this chance, to share the world with just one girl,
Cause she was perferct, she was honest,
She broke my heart, when she broke her promise,
(Wasted nights, we feared our home, I drove you anywhere you'd want to go)
There was once, this chance, to share the world with just one girl,
(On nameless streets, you told me you loved me)
Cause she was perferct, she was honest,
She broke my heart, when,
Forever and forever again,
Lyrics submitted by fedorov1fan
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