"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.
Saw you waiting for a train
I button my coat inside
I'm a woman in the world
I got so much to hide
But there isn't much to talk about
As I morphe into a loon
Resting on the edge of a windowsill
Captivated by the room
In which you granted me
You were lonely
I value honesty
And admit that I was lonely too
And you and your stature
Matter of fact you're the only one who wanted me
And knew me enough to love me too
Kids are just the same as us
Pink and rosey pearls
Just before their skinner gets tattered by
The ways of the world
But you had me at a baby face
A glint in my eye
Now I'm a woman in the world
I've just got so much now to hide
I swear you frightened me
You were lonely
I will speak honestly
I'll admit that I was lonely too
And you and your detriment
I found myself caught in it
Tangled up, but cognisant
That I love you
But there isn't much to say
The magnets broke
Their field in disarray
I star in a play
I'm dressed in white
The role of tooth decay
Spilled on a stage
I blame your eyes for crying at my last refrain
It'll never be the same
You screwed a light in me
We were lonely
Now you found somebody
I'll admit, I don't know what to do
But you took my time
That of which I can't rewind
I'm a woman in the world
I've just got so much now left to hide
I button my coat inside
I'm a woman in the world
I got so much to hide
But there isn't much to talk about
As I morphe into a loon
Resting on the edge of a windowsill
Captivated by the room
In which you granted me
You were lonely
I value honesty
And admit that I was lonely too
And you and your stature
Matter of fact you're the only one who wanted me
And knew me enough to love me too
Kids are just the same as us
Pink and rosey pearls
Just before their skinner gets tattered by
The ways of the world
But you had me at a baby face
A glint in my eye
Now I'm a woman in the world
I've just got so much now to hide
I swear you frightened me
You were lonely
I will speak honestly
I'll admit that I was lonely too
And you and your detriment
I found myself caught in it
Tangled up, but cognisant
That I love you
But there isn't much to say
The magnets broke
Their field in disarray
I star in a play
I'm dressed in white
The role of tooth decay
Spilled on a stage
I blame your eyes for crying at my last refrain
It'll never be the same
You screwed a light in me
We were lonely
Now you found somebody
I'll admit, I don't know what to do
But you took my time
That of which I can't rewind
I'm a woman in the world
I've just got so much now left to hide
Lyrics submitted by SophieSomething
Woman in the World Lyrics as written by Caitlin Terrell
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
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