"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.
Simona
You're getting older
Your journey's been
Etched on your skin
Simona
Wish I had known that
What seemed so strong
Has been and gone
I would call you up every Saturday night
And we'd both stay out 'til the morning light
And we sang
"Here We Go Again"
And though time goes by
I will always be in a club with you in 1973
Singing "Here We Go Again"
Simona
Wish I was sober
So I could see clearly now
The rain has gone
Simona
I guess it's over
My memory plays our tune
The same old song
I would call you up every Saturday night
And we'd both stay out 'til the morning light
And we sang
"Here We Go Again"
And though time goes by
I will always be in a club with you in 1973
Singing "Here We Go Again"
I would call you up every Saturday night
And we'd both stay out 'til the morning light
And we sang
"Here We Go Again"
And though time goes by
I will always be in a club with you in 1973
Singing "Here We Go Again"
I would call you up every Saturday night
And we'd both stay out 'til the morning light
And we sang
"Here We Go Again"
And though time goes by
I will always be in a club with you in 1973
Singing "Here We Go Again"
And though time goes by
I will always be in a club with you in 1973
You're getting older
Your journey's been
Etched on your skin
Simona
Wish I had known that
What seemed so strong
Has been and gone
I would call you up every Saturday night
And we'd both stay out 'til the morning light
And we sang
"Here We Go Again"
And though time goes by
I will always be in a club with you in 1973
Singing "Here We Go Again"
Simona
Wish I was sober
So I could see clearly now
The rain has gone
Simona
I guess it's over
My memory plays our tune
The same old song
I would call you up every Saturday night
And we'd both stay out 'til the morning light
And we sang
"Here We Go Again"
And though time goes by
I will always be in a club with you in 1973
Singing "Here We Go Again"
I would call you up every Saturday night
And we'd both stay out 'til the morning light
And we sang
"Here We Go Again"
And though time goes by
I will always be in a club with you in 1973
Singing "Here We Go Again"
I would call you up every Saturday night
And we'd both stay out 'til the morning light
And we sang
"Here We Go Again"
And though time goes by
I will always be in a club with you in 1973
Singing "Here We Go Again"
And though time goes by
I will always be in a club with you in 1973
Lyrics submitted by stoolhardy
1973 Lyrics as written by Mark Batson James Blount
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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