"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.
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (oh, baby)
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (oh, baby)
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (oh, baby)
She can't help it
First time that I saw your eyes
Boy, you looked right through me, mmm, mmm
Played it cool, but I knew you knew
That Cupid hit me, mmm, mmm
You got me trippin' (oh), stumblin' (oh), flippin' (oh), fumblin'
Clumsy 'cause I'm fallin' in love (in love)
You got me slippin' (oh), tumblin' (oh), sinkin' (oh), crumblin'
Clumsy 'cause I'm fallin' in love (in love)
So in love with you
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (oh, baby)
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (oh, no)
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (no how)
She can't help it
Can't breathe, when you touch my sleeve
Butterflies so crazy, mmm, mmm
Whoa now, think I'm goin' down
Friends don't know what's with me, mmm, mmm
You got me trippin' (oh), stumblin' (oh), flippin' (oh), fumblin'
Clumsy 'cause I'm fallin' in love (in love)
You got me slippin' (oh), tumblin' (oh), sinkin' (oh), crumblin'
Clumsy 'cause I'm fallin' in love (in love)
So in love with you
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (oh, no)
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (oh please)
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (oh, no)
She can't help it
You know, this ain't the first time this has happened to me
This "love sick" thing
I like serious relationships and, uh
A girl like me don't stay single for long
'Cause every time a boyfriend and I break up
My world is crushed and I'm all alone
The love bug crawls right back up and bites me
And I'm back
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (in love)
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (oh, God)
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (I'm back in love)
She can't help it (woo)
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (I'm back in love now)
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (I'm back in love now, baby)
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (I'm back in love now)
She can't help it (and now you got me)
You got me trippin' (oh), stumblin' (oh), flippin' (oh), fumblin'
Clumsy 'cause I'm fallin' in love (in love)
You got me slippin' (oh), tumblin' (oh), sinkin' (oh), crumblin'
Clumsy 'cause I'm fallin' in love (in love)
So in love with you
Clumsy 'cause I'm fallin' in love (in love)
You got me slippin' (oh), tumblin' (oh), sinkin' (oh), crumblin'
Clumsy 'cause I'm fallin' in love (in love)
So in love with you
So in love with you
So in love with you
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (oh, baby)
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (oh, baby)
She can't help it
First time that I saw your eyes
Boy, you looked right through me, mmm, mmm
Played it cool, but I knew you knew
That Cupid hit me, mmm, mmm
You got me trippin' (oh), stumblin' (oh), flippin' (oh), fumblin'
Clumsy 'cause I'm fallin' in love (in love)
You got me slippin' (oh), tumblin' (oh), sinkin' (oh), crumblin'
Clumsy 'cause I'm fallin' in love (in love)
So in love with you
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (oh, baby)
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (oh, no)
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (no how)
She can't help it
Can't breathe, when you touch my sleeve
Butterflies so crazy, mmm, mmm
Whoa now, think I'm goin' down
Friends don't know what's with me, mmm, mmm
You got me trippin' (oh), stumblin' (oh), flippin' (oh), fumblin'
Clumsy 'cause I'm fallin' in love (in love)
You got me slippin' (oh), tumblin' (oh), sinkin' (oh), crumblin'
Clumsy 'cause I'm fallin' in love (in love)
So in love with you
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (oh, no)
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (oh please)
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (oh, no)
She can't help it
You know, this ain't the first time this has happened to me
This "love sick" thing
I like serious relationships and, uh
A girl like me don't stay single for long
'Cause every time a boyfriend and I break up
My world is crushed and I'm all alone
The love bug crawls right back up and bites me
And I'm back
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (in love)
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (oh, God)
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (I'm back in love)
She can't help it (woo)
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (I'm back in love now)
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (I'm back in love now, baby)
She can't help it, the girl can't help it (I'm back in love now)
She can't help it (and now you got me)
You got me trippin' (oh), stumblin' (oh), flippin' (oh), fumblin'
Clumsy 'cause I'm fallin' in love (in love)
You got me slippin' (oh), tumblin' (oh), sinkin' (oh), crumblin'
Clumsy 'cause I'm fallin' in love (in love)
So in love with you
Clumsy 'cause I'm fallin' in love (in love)
You got me slippin' (oh), tumblin' (oh), sinkin' (oh), crumblin'
Clumsy 'cause I'm fallin' in love (in love)
So in love with you
So in love with you
So in love with you
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awwwwwh love this :D its like about how when you like someone, and you know they're watching you, you feel clumsy. well, thats my opinion :D i just love this song :D