"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.
What are we all living for?
If nothing's worth dying for tonight
Your dreams are not enough
What I need is love
That's worth laying down my life
Sing along,
Just like they taught us
It's soothing your mind this lullaby
No heaven above us
Just mile after mile of empty sky
No right or wrong
Can you imagine?
A world where there's no more need to cry
But no joy or passion
Its seems that the price is much to high
But I am holding out for something realâ#128#¦
And though you offered peace
What I really need comes in so much more
Your dreams are not enough
What I need is love that's worth dying for
You say that you're a dreamer
Well I'm a dreamer too
But I wont sing your lullaby
However well intentioned
Its neither good nor true
The pallid dream is just a lie
But I am holding out for something realâ#128#¦
And though you offered peace
What I really need comes in so much more
Your dreams are not enough
What I need is love that's worth dying for
What are we all living for
If nothing's worth dying for tonight?
If nothing's worth dying for tonight
Your dreams are not enough
What I need is love
That's worth laying down my life
Sing along,
Just like they taught us
It's soothing your mind this lullaby
No heaven above us
Just mile after mile of empty sky
No right or wrong
Can you imagine?
A world where there's no more need to cry
But no joy or passion
Its seems that the price is much to high
But I am holding out for something realâ#128#¦
And though you offered peace
What I really need comes in so much more
Your dreams are not enough
What I need is love that's worth dying for
You say that you're a dreamer
Well I'm a dreamer too
But I wont sing your lullaby
However well intentioned
Its neither good nor true
The pallid dream is just a lie
But I am holding out for something realâ#128#¦
And though you offered peace
What I really need comes in so much more
Your dreams are not enough
What I need is love that's worth dying for
What are we all living for
If nothing's worth dying for tonight?
Lyrics submitted by Thricecube
Lullaby Lyrics as written by James Riley Breckenridge Edward Carrington Breckenridge
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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