"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've got me dancing and crying
Crowing and flying
Love don't let me go
You've got me drownin' in a river
Cold by the fever
Love don't let me go
Don't let me go!
You've got me dancing
You've got me dancing and crying
Crowing and flying
Love don't let me go
You've got me drownin' in a river
Cold by the fever
Love don't let me go
You've got me dancing and crying
Crowing and flying
Love don't let me go
You've got me drownin' in a river
Cold by the fever
Love don't let me go
Don't let me go!
Don't let me go!
Don't let me go!
Don't let me go!
Don't let me go!
(Love don't let me go)
Don't let me go
(Don't let me go)
Don't let me go
Got me drownin' in a river
I was cold from my fever
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Eh, hey, hey, hey
Dancing and crying
Dancing and crying
Dancing and crying
Hey!
Dancing and crying
Dancing and crying
Dancing and crying
Hey!
You've got me dancing and crying
Crowing and flying
Love don't let me go
You've got me drownin' in a river
Cold by the fever
Love don't let me go
Don't let me go!
You've got me dancing and crying
Rollin' and flying
Love don't let me go
You've got me drownin' in a river
Cold by the fever
Love don't let me go
Don't let me go!
Don't let me go
Don't let me go!
Don't let me go!
Crowing and flying
Love don't let me go
You've got me drownin' in a river
Cold by the fever
Love don't let me go
Don't let me go!
You've got me dancing
You've got me dancing and crying
Crowing and flying
Love don't let me go
You've got me drownin' in a river
Cold by the fever
Love don't let me go
You've got me dancing and crying
Crowing and flying
Love don't let me go
You've got me drownin' in a river
Cold by the fever
Love don't let me go
Don't let me go!
Don't let me go!
Don't let me go!
Don't let me go!
Don't let me go!
(Love don't let me go)
Don't let me go
(Don't let me go)
Don't let me go
Got me drownin' in a river
I was cold from my fever
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Eh, hey, hey, hey
Dancing and crying
Dancing and crying
Dancing and crying
Hey!
Dancing and crying
Dancing and crying
Dancing and crying
Hey!
You've got me dancing and crying
Crowing and flying
Love don't let me go
You've got me drownin' in a river
Cold by the fever
Love don't let me go
Don't let me go!
You've got me dancing and crying
Rollin' and flying
Love don't let me go
You've got me drownin' in a river
Cold by the fever
Love don't let me go
Don't let me go!
Don't let me go
Don't let me go!
Don't let me go!
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Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away) Lyrics as written by David Guetta Joachim Andre Garraud
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