"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.
its 5am
an neither one is sleeping.
there staring out their windows
just waitin for the sunrise
daydreaming about their lives
an he says
i will
never
let you go
tonight
ill fight
to hold you close
you will always be my inspiration
you will always be held close
i would fight a war to keep u happy
i would lose if you wished so
a brand new day
a whole new conversation
and hours pass alone with you
you fill my heart
with joy and confirmation
that what we have will last for sure
i will
never
let you go
tonight
ill fight
to hold you close
you will always be my inspiration
you will always be held close
i would fight a war to keep u happy
i would lose if you wished so
a wait the seems like days
are only merely hours
jus filled with thoughts of seeing you
when your apart
you only wish to be with them
when your in, love via email
an neither one is sleeping.
there staring out their windows
just waitin for the sunrise
daydreaming about their lives
an he says
i will
never
let you go
tonight
ill fight
to hold you close
you will always be my inspiration
you will always be held close
i would fight a war to keep u happy
i would lose if you wished so
a brand new day
a whole new conversation
and hours pass alone with you
you fill my heart
with joy and confirmation
that what we have will last for sure
i will
never
let you go
tonight
ill fight
to hold you close
you will always be my inspiration
you will always be held close
i would fight a war to keep u happy
i would lose if you wished so
a wait the seems like days
are only merely hours
jus filled with thoughts of seeing you
when your apart
you only wish to be with them
when your in, love via email
Lyrics submitted by limitless86
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