"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.
It's that look in your eyes
Telling me lies
So many promises broken
What can I do? What should do?
Try to love you just as you are
Cos I'm never going to change a thing about you
Never ever going to change a thing
(Try to love you) just as you are
Should I leave should I stay?
Should I call it a day?
There's so much to say that's unspoken
In your ray of ?
All I can do; try to love you just as you are
Cos I'm never going to change a thing
No I'm never ever change a thing
(I try to love you) just as you are
It's that look in your eyes
I know you despise me
For not being stronger
What can I do?
What should I do?
I'll always loved you just as you are
And I've never tried to change a thing
Never tried to change a thing about you
(Always loved you)
Just as you are
Will you leave will you stay?
There may come a day
When I'm weak and I'm stupid no longer
In my way I've been true
I've lived just for you
And always loved you just as you are
I've never tried to change a thing
Never tried to change a thing about you
(Always loved you)
Just as you are
Telling me lies
So many promises broken
What can I do? What should do?
Try to love you just as you are
Cos I'm never going to change a thing about you
Never ever going to change a thing
(Try to love you) just as you are
Should I leave should I stay?
Should I call it a day?
There's so much to say that's unspoken
In your ray of ?
All I can do; try to love you just as you are
Cos I'm never going to change a thing
No I'm never ever change a thing
(I try to love you) just as you are
It's that look in your eyes
I know you despise me
For not being stronger
What can I do?
What should I do?
I'll always loved you just as you are
And I've never tried to change a thing
Never tried to change a thing about you
(Always loved you)
Just as you are
Will you leave will you stay?
There may come a day
When I'm weak and I'm stupid no longer
In my way I've been true
I've lived just for you
And always loved you just as you are
I've never tried to change a thing
Never tried to change a thing about you
(Always loved you)
Just as you are
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