"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.
Damned if I do
Tell me what's up with the teenage indecision
I'm mad in love but you won't give me permission
You said, "Be here at 9"
Then scream at me for not giving you more time, more time
Damned if I do, damned if I don't
You say you want me to love you
But when I try, you won't
Maybe, maybe we should say goodbye
Damned if I do
Tell me the truth, how many you do it to?
I smell vermouth every time I don't get to kiss you
Enough's enough
If you don't want my lovin', then I'll give up, I'll give up
[Chorus]
Damned if I do, damned if I don't
You say you want me to love you
But when I try, you won't
Baby, maybe we should say goodbye
Goodbye
Damned if I don't try to make you see yourself the way I do
Open minded, worldly, always ready for taboo
Tell me what's up, are we gonna go to heaven?
I'll fill your cup, I won't do it like Kevin
[Chorus]
Damned if I do, damned if I don't
Baby, maybe we should say goodbye
Maybe we should say, "I do"
T¨² siempre est¨¢s hablando de lo qu¨¦ tenemos qu¨¦ hacer
[You're always speaking about what we should do]
Bueno, t¨² sabes
[Well, you know]
Pero lo qu¨¦ tienes qu¨¦ hacer
[But what you should do]
Qu¨¦? [What?]
Es buscarte una menta para la boca porque apestas!
[Is get a breath mint because your mouth stinks!]
Qu¨¦ es lo qu¨¦ t¨² est¨¢s diciendo?
[What are you saying?]
Por favor, cometelas todas!
[Please, eat them all!]
A mi no me apesta la boca!
[My breath doesn't stink!]
Tell me what's up with the teenage indecision
I'm mad in love but you won't give me permission
You said, "Be here at 9"
Then scream at me for not giving you more time, more time
Damned if I do, damned if I don't
You say you want me to love you
But when I try, you won't
Maybe, maybe we should say goodbye
Damned if I do
Tell me the truth, how many you do it to?
I smell vermouth every time I don't get to kiss you
Enough's enough
If you don't want my lovin', then I'll give up, I'll give up
[Chorus]
Damned if I do, damned if I don't
You say you want me to love you
But when I try, you won't
Baby, maybe we should say goodbye
Goodbye
Damned if I don't try to make you see yourself the way I do
Open minded, worldly, always ready for taboo
Tell me what's up, are we gonna go to heaven?
I'll fill your cup, I won't do it like Kevin
[Chorus]
Damned if I do, damned if I don't
Baby, maybe we should say goodbye
Maybe we should say, "I do"
T¨² siempre est¨¢s hablando de lo qu¨¦ tenemos qu¨¦ hacer
[You're always speaking about what we should do]
Bueno, t¨² sabes
[Well, you know]
Pero lo qu¨¦ tienes qu¨¦ hacer
[But what you should do]
Qu¨¦? [What?]
Es buscarte una menta para la boca porque apestas!
[Is get a breath mint because your mouth stinks!]
Qu¨¦ es lo qu¨¦ t¨² est¨¢s diciendo?
[What are you saying?]
Por favor, cometelas todas!
[Please, eat them all!]
A mi no me apesta la boca!
[My breath doesn't stink!]
Lyrics submitted by Gothy_Bura
Damned If I Do Lyrics as written by Prince Rogers Nelson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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