"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.
Ooo
Sexy girl on a plane, why you cryin', what's your name, who you runnin' from?
Teddy bear, pink room, fresh out of high school, sweet like the evening sun
Mama says, "Don't you think you're special."
Daddy says, "You're my queen."
She's afraid she's goin' nowhere, locked and lost between
But, oh lonely girl, don't you worry, babe; how can you get by?
Lonely girl, don't you see your life through someone else's eyes
Egg faced boy on a train, why you sad, what's your name, who you runnin' from?
Packed house, shared jeans, front porch, moon beams
He's gotta get out of this town
No more Bible he will travel, he'll learn so much in school
Daddy drinks himself into courage, says, "Fuck you, I'm no fool."
Oh lonely boy, don't you worry, baby; how can you get by?
Lonely boy, don't you live your life in someone else's eyes
Lonely girl, don't you worry, babe; how can you get by?
Lonely girl, don't you see your life through someone else's eyes
Dream on
Dream on, dreamers
Keep on dreamin'
Beautiful mom, can you smile, can you glow, can you sing me my favorite song?
Caught fever, one, clothes are clean, kids are gone, what to do, she's asleep in song
She says birds fly out her window, she watches jealously
She says she's too old for new things, but, mama, you've got wings
But, oh lonely girl, don't you lose your dreams for someone else's cries
Lonely girl, don't you see your life through someone else's eyes
Lonely world, don't you find your faith in someone else's lies
Lonely world, don't you live your life through someone else's eyes
Oh, dream on
Ooo, dream on, dreamers
Keep on dreamin', ooo
Dream on
(Dream on, dreamers)
Keep on dreamin'
Keep on dreamin'
(Oh)
Sexy girl on a plane, why you cryin', what's your name, who you runnin' from?
Teddy bear, pink room, fresh out of high school, sweet like the evening sun
Mama says, "Don't you think you're special."
Daddy says, "You're my queen."
She's afraid she's goin' nowhere, locked and lost between
But, oh lonely girl, don't you worry, babe; how can you get by?
Lonely girl, don't you see your life through someone else's eyes
Egg faced boy on a train, why you sad, what's your name, who you runnin' from?
Packed house, shared jeans, front porch, moon beams
He's gotta get out of this town
No more Bible he will travel, he'll learn so much in school
Daddy drinks himself into courage, says, "Fuck you, I'm no fool."
Oh lonely boy, don't you worry, baby; how can you get by?
Lonely boy, don't you live your life in someone else's eyes
Lonely girl, don't you worry, babe; how can you get by?
Lonely girl, don't you see your life through someone else's eyes
Dream on
Dream on, dreamers
Keep on dreamin'
Beautiful mom, can you smile, can you glow, can you sing me my favorite song?
Caught fever, one, clothes are clean, kids are gone, what to do, she's asleep in song
She says birds fly out her window, she watches jealously
She says she's too old for new things, but, mama, you've got wings
But, oh lonely girl, don't you lose your dreams for someone else's cries
Lonely girl, don't you see your life through someone else's eyes
Lonely world, don't you find your faith in someone else's lies
Lonely world, don't you live your life through someone else's eyes
Oh, dream on
Ooo, dream on, dreamers
Keep on dreamin', ooo
Dream on
(Dream on, dreamers)
Keep on dreamin'
Keep on dreamin'
(Oh)
Lyrics submitted by jimmywolfrey
Lonely World Lyrics as written by Robin A. Thicke
Lyrics © Regard Music
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@ohsoMOD This song is Dope... The writer (not sure if Robin Thicke wrote it) describes so so many lifes struggles in the lyrics and how people only see their lives thru someone else's eyes... Egg face boy on a train whats your name who you running from... Shared Jeans... Daddy drinks himself into courage..... All describe an over crowded home, poor family, with an abusive dad, yet he gets out to go away to school and has to no long deal with life thru his dads eyes.