"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.
The mist spins a dance,
in my wake,
through the streets tonight.
In my thoughts of you,
I am regret,
still you are cold moonlight
(Then one morning baby)
Without a call you go.
(Fly away love for the)
Land of the ice and snow
(Leave me hanging here)
How can I hope to understand what I can't know
The tide's resolute
Moonlight cannot be blame
I shined down so true
How did it fade away?
Now the words are said
The deed is done
You said I broke your heart
(You broke my heart...)
Your voice made me cry
The moon is gone
I'll wish upon the stars
(Then one morning baby)
Without a sound you left
(Fly away my love)
Far from the eagle's nest
(Left me standing here)
Thinking about the things I know I"ll never get
[CHORUS]
(That fateful morning baby)
How could I let you go?
(Fly away my love)
We all need our time to grow
(Leave me hanging here)
How could I hope to understand what I can't know?
As long as you live you will always have winter eyes
(I shine down on you as you walk in my cold moonlight)
I loved you too much, I feared that I would lose control
(You walk alone now, but, who knows what the future holds)
[CHORUS]
in my wake,
through the streets tonight.
In my thoughts of you,
I am regret,
still you are cold moonlight
(Then one morning baby)
Without a call you go.
(Fly away love for the)
Land of the ice and snow
(Leave me hanging here)
How can I hope to understand what I can't know
The tide's resolute
Moonlight cannot be blame
I shined down so true
How did it fade away?
Now the words are said
The deed is done
You said I broke your heart
(You broke my heart...)
Your voice made me cry
The moon is gone
I'll wish upon the stars
(Then one morning baby)
Without a sound you left
(Fly away my love)
Far from the eagle's nest
(Left me standing here)
Thinking about the things I know I"ll never get
[CHORUS]
(That fateful morning baby)
How could I let you go?
(Fly away my love)
We all need our time to grow
(Leave me hanging here)
How could I hope to understand what I can't know?
As long as you live you will always have winter eyes
(I shine down on you as you walk in my cold moonlight)
I loved you too much, I feared that I would lose control
(You walk alone now, but, who knows what the future holds)
[CHORUS]
Lyrics submitted by iLL Ronald
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