"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 can run you can hide never let it inside
Keep livin'' your life in the dark
But sooner or later that gentle persuader
Is gonna catch up with your heart
Make you a dreamer, believer
Believin'' in love
Right when a man''s doin'' all that he planned
And he thinks he''s got just what he needs
Life will deliver a shock that will shiver
And drivin'' him down to his knees
Make him start givin'', livin''
Livin'' again
Well, it''s your mind, that tricks you in believin'' every time
Love will turn you around, turn you around
Well, it''s your heart, that talks you into to stayin'' where you are
Love will turn you around, turn you around
Out of the blue she reaches for you
And you tell her you don''t have the time
So you move away fast but you know it won''t last
''Cause you can''t get her off of your mind
Thoughts are burnin'', turnin''
They''re turnin'' around
How do you know when to stay or to go
And how do you know when it''s real
You don''t need a sign to make up your mind
You got your heart at the wheel
You want to start sharin'', carin''
Carin'' again
Well, it''s your mind, that tricks you in believin'' every time
Love will turn you around, turn you around
Well, it''s your heart, that talks you into to stayin'' where you are
Love will turn you around, turn you around
Love will turn you around, turn you around
Love will turn you around, turn you around
Turn you around
Keep livin'' your life in the dark
But sooner or later that gentle persuader
Is gonna catch up with your heart
Make you a dreamer, believer
Believin'' in love
Right when a man''s doin'' all that he planned
And he thinks he''s got just what he needs
Life will deliver a shock that will shiver
And drivin'' him down to his knees
Make him start givin'', livin''
Livin'' again
Well, it''s your mind, that tricks you in believin'' every time
Love will turn you around, turn you around
Well, it''s your heart, that talks you into to stayin'' where you are
Love will turn you around, turn you around
Out of the blue she reaches for you
And you tell her you don''t have the time
So you move away fast but you know it won''t last
''Cause you can''t get her off of your mind
Thoughts are burnin'', turnin''
They''re turnin'' around
How do you know when to stay or to go
And how do you know when it''s real
You don''t need a sign to make up your mind
You got your heart at the wheel
You want to start sharin'', carin''
Carin'' again
Well, it''s your mind, that tricks you in believin'' every time
Love will turn you around, turn you around
Well, it''s your heart, that talks you into to stayin'' where you are
Love will turn you around, turn you around
Love will turn you around, turn you around
Love will turn you around, turn you around
Turn you around
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Love Will Turn You Around Lyrics as written by Even Stevens David Malloy
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