"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 was another one,
She came from Tokyo,
Another night, another after show, where,
She knew here way around,
She spoke the native tongue and I bought it all because I was so young
And I fell into the hole she made,
I begged and begged for her to stay,
But she had plans with many other bands, and other dumb Americans
She said sayonara, she said see ya later, she said I don’t wanna, it made me wanna die
She said I don’t wanna, she said see yea later, she said sayonara, it made me wanna cry
I tried to write a letter,
I never could forget her and every page was filled with rage ya.
I let her know my feelings, she had no way of knowing I was already on that plane.
So I fell into my own crash, I landed on my own dumb ass,
When I showed up to find her with another dumb Americans
She said sayonara, she said see ya later, she said I don’t wanna, it made me wanna die
She said I don’t wanna, she said see yea later, she said sayonara, it made me wanna cry
Ya I remember that girl. Sounds like she got you to huh, oh man
She was the only one, I was the lonely one, another dumb American
She was the only one, I was the lonely one, another dumb American
I fell into the hole she made,
I begged and begged for her to stay,
But she had plans with many other bands and other dumb Americans
She said sayonara, she said see ya later, she said I don’t wanna, it made me wanna die
She said I don’t wanna, she said see yea later, she said sayonara, it made me wanna cry
She said sayonara, she said see ya later, she said I don’t wanna, it made me wanna die
She said I don’t wanna, she said see yea later, she said sayonara, it made me wanna cry
She came from Tokyo,
Another night, another after show, where,
She knew here way around,
She spoke the native tongue and I bought it all because I was so young
And I fell into the hole she made,
I begged and begged for her to stay,
But she had plans with many other bands, and other dumb Americans
She said sayonara, she said see ya later, she said I don’t wanna, it made me wanna die
She said I don’t wanna, she said see yea later, she said sayonara, it made me wanna cry
I tried to write a letter,
I never could forget her and every page was filled with rage ya.
I let her know my feelings, she had no way of knowing I was already on that plane.
So I fell into my own crash, I landed on my own dumb ass,
When I showed up to find her with another dumb Americans
She said sayonara, she said see ya later, she said I don’t wanna, it made me wanna die
She said I don’t wanna, she said see yea later, she said sayonara, it made me wanna cry
Ya I remember that girl. Sounds like she got you to huh, oh man
She was the only one, I was the lonely one, another dumb American
She was the only one, I was the lonely one, another dumb American
I fell into the hole she made,
I begged and begged for her to stay,
But she had plans with many other bands and other dumb Americans
She said sayonara, she said see ya later, she said I don’t wanna, it made me wanna die
She said I don’t wanna, she said see yea later, she said sayonara, it made me wanna cry
She said sayonara, she said see ya later, she said I don’t wanna, it made me wanna die
She said I don’t wanna, she said see yea later, she said sayonara, it made me wanna cry
Lyrics submitted by alex_34
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