"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.
Every night I ask myself,
why do I want nobody else?
Told you not to come,
I'm not the lonely one,
Told you not to come,
and I'm not the only one here.
When you come you show up late,
there are so many things about you I hate.
Told you not to come,
told you not to come.
Told you not to come,
and I'm not the only one here.
Girl, I told you I don't wander 'round the front door,
Girl, I told you I don't wanna see your face no more.
Told you not to come,
I'm not the lonely one,
Told you not to come,
and I'm not the only one here.
I'm not the only one here.
I'm not the only one here.
Told you not to come,
told you not to come.
Told you not to come,
I'm not the only one.
Every night I ask myself,
why do I want nobody else?
Told you not to come,
told you not to come.
Told you not to come,
I'm not the lonely one.
I'm not the lonely one.
Told you not to come,
told you not to come.
Now, slow down,
It's not over yet,
It's not over yet!
Every night I ask myself,
why do I,
why do I,
why do I want nobody else, nobody else?
When you come you show up late,
there are so many, there are so many.
Told you not to come,
I'm not the lonely one.
Told you not to come,
you think I'm the lonely one?
You think I'm the lonely one?
You think I'm the lonely one?
I'm not the only one here.
I'm not the only one here.
I'm not the only one here.
I'm not the only one here.
I'm not the only one here.
I'm not the only one here.
I'm not the only one here.
I'm not the only one here.
I'm not the only one here.
why do I want nobody else?
Told you not to come,
I'm not the lonely one,
Told you not to come,
and I'm not the only one here.
When you come you show up late,
there are so many things about you I hate.
Told you not to come,
told you not to come.
Told you not to come,
and I'm not the only one here.
Girl, I told you I don't wander 'round the front door,
Girl, I told you I don't wanna see your face no more.
Told you not to come,
I'm not the lonely one,
Told you not to come,
and I'm not the only one here.
I'm not the only one here.
I'm not the only one here.
Told you not to come,
told you not to come.
Told you not to come,
I'm not the only one.
Every night I ask myself,
why do I want nobody else?
Told you not to come,
told you not to come.
Told you not to come,
I'm not the lonely one.
I'm not the lonely one.
Told you not to come,
told you not to come.
Now, slow down,
It's not over yet,
It's not over yet!
Every night I ask myself,
why do I,
why do I,
why do I want nobody else, nobody else?
When you come you show up late,
there are so many, there are so many.
Told you not to come,
I'm not the lonely one.
Told you not to come,
you think I'm the lonely one?
You think I'm the lonely one?
You think I'm the lonely one?
I'm not the only one here.
I'm not the only one here.
I'm not the only one here.
I'm not the only one here.
I'm not the only one here.
I'm not the only one here.
I'm not the only one here.
I'm not the only one here.
I'm not the only one here.
Lyrics submitted by danyes
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