"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.
How does it feel being in these arms?
What's it really like to be loved?
I've been alone now, how long?
Have you ever loved the way that I have?
And I have often wondered who
Who could love you the way I do?
Now, I just want you to know
How I'm touched deep in my soul
Just being with you
And I need you more each day
Baby, if you're still awake
Call me when you get this
I've got all this poetry now I didn't know then
I kept it inside, ooh
Guess I had never seen anything beautiful
'Til I first saw you asleep at night
And I have often wondered who
Who could love you the way I do?
Now, I just want you to know
How I'm touched deep in my soul
Just being with you
And I need you more each day
Baby, if you're still awake
Call me when you get this
I just wanted to know what it was like
What's it really like to be loved?
These little volcanoes came as a surprise to me
Oh, I never thought I could be this way
Oh, oh, and I have been cautious
And I've tried to keep to myself
Who could love you the way I do?
Ooh, now I just want you to know
How I'm touched deep in my soul
Just being with you
So much more each day
Baby, if you're still awake
Call me when you get this
(Just want you to know)
(Touched deep in my soul)
I am touched deep in my soul
(Being with you)
And I need you
(Need you more each day)
If you're still awake
Call me when you get this
What's it really like to be loved?
I've been alone now, how long?
Have you ever loved the way that I have?
And I have often wondered who
Who could love you the way I do?
Now, I just want you to know
How I'm touched deep in my soul
Just being with you
And I need you more each day
Baby, if you're still awake
Call me when you get this
I've got all this poetry now I didn't know then
I kept it inside, ooh
Guess I had never seen anything beautiful
'Til I first saw you asleep at night
And I have often wondered who
Who could love you the way I do?
Now, I just want you to know
How I'm touched deep in my soul
Just being with you
And I need you more each day
Baby, if you're still awake
Call me when you get this
I just wanted to know what it was like
What's it really like to be loved?
These little volcanoes came as a surprise to me
Oh, I never thought I could be this way
Oh, oh, and I have been cautious
And I've tried to keep to myself
Who could love you the way I do?
Ooh, now I just want you to know
How I'm touched deep in my soul
Just being with you
So much more each day
Baby, if you're still awake
Call me when you get this
(Just want you to know)
(Touched deep in my soul)
I am touched deep in my soul
(Being with you)
And I need you
(Need you more each day)
If you're still awake
Call me when you get this
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now i just want you to know, how i'm touched deep in my soul. just being with you.
say this to the person you love and maybe you'll be very happy!!!