"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.
They say this guy's,
This guy's in love with you
Yes, I'm in love
Who looks at you the way I do?
When you smile, I can tell
We know each other very well
How can, I show you?
That, I got to know you
'Cause I've heard some talk
They say you think I'm fine, yeah
Yes, I'm in love, I'm in love baby
And what I'ld do to make you mine
Tell me now, is it so?
My hands are shaking
Don't let my heart keep breaking, 'cause
I need your love
I want your love
Say you're in love
In love, with this guy
If not, I'll just sigh
Tell me now,
Is it so?
Don't le me be
The last to know
My hands are shaking
Don't let my heart keep breaking, 'cause
I need your love
I want your love
Say you're in love
In love, with this guy
If not, I'll just sigh
This guy's in love with you
Yes, I'm in love
Who looks at you the way I do?
When you smile, I can tell
We know each other very well
How can, I show you?
That, I got to know you
'Cause I've heard some talk
They say you think I'm fine, yeah
Yes, I'm in love, I'm in love baby
And what I'ld do to make you mine
Tell me now, is it so?
My hands are shaking
Don't let my heart keep breaking, 'cause
I need your love
I want your love
Say you're in love
In love, with this guy
If not, I'll just sigh
Tell me now,
Is it so?
Don't le me be
The last to know
My hands are shaking
Don't let my heart keep breaking, 'cause
I need your love
I want your love
Say you're in love
In love, with this guy
If not, I'll just sigh
Lyrics submitted by Dressed2Depress
This Guy's in Love With You Lyrics as written by Hal David Burt F. Bacharach
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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