"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.
Cinderella are you really that happy?
Cinderella are you really that lucky?
I want to know is your life like you dreamed?
Here I am, trying to find my way,
I've kissed so many frogs but I never found a prince.
I think they lied, I was promised much more than this,
where's my happy ever after? Oh..
Cinderella is the queen of a kingdom,
Cinderella got the dreams she was dreaming,
I want to know where is my happy end?
Cinderella got a prince and a kingdom,
Cinderella got the dreams she was dreaming,
I want to know where is my fairy-tale?
Something's wrong 'cause all my glass shoes break,
and no one has ever helped this damsel in distress,
the hell with this, I'm not gonna waste more time,
I won't wait to find prince charming!
Cinderella is the queen of a kingdom,
Cinderella got the dreams she was dreaming,
I want to know where is my happy end?
Cinderella got a prince and a kingdom,
Cinderella got the dreams she was dreaming,
I want to know where is my fairy-tale?
Cinderella are you really that happy?
Cinderella are you really that lucky?
I want to know is your life like you dreamed?
Cinderella are you really that happy?
Cinderella are you really that lucky?
I want to know is your life like you dreamed?
Here I am, trying to find my way,
I've kissed so many frogs but I never found a prince.
I think they lied, I was promised much more than this,
where's my happy ever after?
Cinderella is the queen of a kingdom,
Cinderella got the dreams she was dreaming,
I want to know where is my happy end?
Cinderella got a prince and a kingdom,
Cinderella got the dreams she was dreaming,
I want to know where is my fairy-tale?
Cinderella is the queen of a kingdom,
Cinderella got the dreams she was dreaming,
I want to know where is my happy end?
Cinderella got a prince and a kingdom,
Cinderella got the dreams she was dreaming,
I want to know where is my fairy-tale?
Cinderella are you really that lucky?
I want to know is your life like you dreamed?
Here I am, trying to find my way,
I've kissed so many frogs but I never found a prince.
I think they lied, I was promised much more than this,
where's my happy ever after? Oh..
Cinderella is the queen of a kingdom,
Cinderella got the dreams she was dreaming,
I want to know where is my happy end?
Cinderella got a prince and a kingdom,
Cinderella got the dreams she was dreaming,
I want to know where is my fairy-tale?
Something's wrong 'cause all my glass shoes break,
and no one has ever helped this damsel in distress,
the hell with this, I'm not gonna waste more time,
I won't wait to find prince charming!
Cinderella is the queen of a kingdom,
Cinderella got the dreams she was dreaming,
I want to know where is my happy end?
Cinderella got a prince and a kingdom,
Cinderella got the dreams she was dreaming,
I want to know where is my fairy-tale?
Cinderella are you really that happy?
Cinderella are you really that lucky?
I want to know is your life like you dreamed?
Cinderella are you really that happy?
Cinderella are you really that lucky?
I want to know is your life like you dreamed?
Here I am, trying to find my way,
I've kissed so many frogs but I never found a prince.
I think they lied, I was promised much more than this,
where's my happy ever after?
Cinderella is the queen of a kingdom,
Cinderella got the dreams she was dreaming,
I want to know where is my happy end?
Cinderella got a prince and a kingdom,
Cinderella got the dreams she was dreaming,
I want to know where is my fairy-tale?
Cinderella is the queen of a kingdom,
Cinderella got the dreams she was dreaming,
I want to know where is my happy end?
Cinderella got a prince and a kingdom,
Cinderella got the dreams she was dreaming,
I want to know where is my fairy-tale?
Lyrics submitted by highsoffyou
Cinderella Lyrics as written by Anne Braendeland Jarl Aanestad
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Yeah, this is what I think: Cinderella are you really that happy Cinderella are you really that lucky I wanna know is your life like you dreamed
She's wondering if 'happily-ever-afters' are really that great anyway. And she's thinking 'did Cinderella ever want her life to turn out like that?'
Here I am Trying to find my way I've kissed so many frogs but I've never found a prince I think they lied I was promised much more than this Where's my happy-ever-after?
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Cinderella is the queen of a kingdom Cinderella got the dream she was dreamin' I wanna know where is my happy end Cinderella got a prince and a kingdom Cinderella got the dream she was dreamin' I wanna know where is my fairy-tale?
Now she's saying that Cinderella got her happy ending, so where's hers?
Something's wrong 'cause all my glass shoes break And no one's ever helped this damsel in distress To hell with this I'm not gonna waste more time I won't wait to find prince charming
Now she's saying that she's not going to wait around anymore, she's going to go out and live her life. This is just what I think :)