"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 and I have got alot in common
We share all the same problems
Luck, love and life aren't on our side
I'm in the wrong place at the wrong time
Always the last one in a long line
Waiting for something to turn out right, right
I'm starting to fall in love
Its getting too much
Not often that I slip up
Its just my luck, yeah, yeah
Rain clouds are gathering in numbers
Just when I put away my jumper
Luck and love still aren't on my side
And I still refuse to be a skeptic
Cause I know how you could still correct this
Maybe this will be my lucky night, night
I'm starting to fall in love
Its getting too much
Its not often that I slip up
Its just my luck
Just my luck
Just my luck
Just my luck
Yeah, its just my luck
Just my luck
Just my luck
Just my luck
Something to turn out right
Just my luck
Just my luck
Just my luck
Waiting for something
Just my luck
Waiting for something to turn out right, yeah!
I'm starting to fall in love
Its getting too much
Not often that I slip up
Its just my luck
Its just my luck
Luck
We share all the same problems
Luck, love and life aren't on our side
I'm in the wrong place at the wrong time
Always the last one in a long line
Waiting for something to turn out right, right
I'm starting to fall in love
Its getting too much
Not often that I slip up
Its just my luck, yeah, yeah
Rain clouds are gathering in numbers
Just when I put away my jumper
Luck and love still aren't on my side
And I still refuse to be a skeptic
Cause I know how you could still correct this
Maybe this will be my lucky night, night
I'm starting to fall in love
Its getting too much
Its not often that I slip up
Its just my luck
Just my luck
Just my luck
Just my luck
Yeah, its just my luck
Just my luck
Just my luck
Just my luck
Something to turn out right
Just my luck
Just my luck
Just my luck
Waiting for something
Just my luck
Waiting for something to turn out right, yeah!
I'm starting to fall in love
Its getting too much
Not often that I slip up
Its just my luck
Its just my luck
Luck
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I love this song, even though lyrically it's not one of the best.
It's pretty self explanitory about how another person is so lucky in love/life whereas this person has no luck, hence "just my luck"
I think it's about falling in love with person who's lucky etc.
This song is awsome. You can just picture it when the credits for the film come on that the song starts playing. I can't wait for the film. x
Hmmmp. They didn't even play the song on the film! Thats pretty stupid. The film was good tho. :]
the song is pretty obvious, so i agree its lyrically not the best. they shud have added little lines dat had little messages in them, and like u have to listen to the song more to work it out i luv it wen songs do that :D
i dont think these lyrics are right..
Yeah but it was the soundtrack for a film. And it was one of those simple films you don't have to think about much, so they probably wanted it to be fairly simple and obvious. But dude, its like the soundtrack to my life! With the unluckiness haha...Except that i'm not in love. But yeah I don't think it was ever meant to be one of those deep and meaningful songs that you have to think about, I mean come on, its for a Lindsay Lohan film! I love the song though :)