"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.
Seven years old, you heard me cry
I don't wanna say goodbye
To the only man that I love
My daddy and everything he was
I don't think I can live without you
Dad I know you're breaking in two
With tears running down his face, he says
'we're gonna make it, we're gonna make it'
When you feel like you are all alone
Just like your best friend up and gone
Don't worry now, don't worry now
I've been there, yeah, I know how it feels
To wonder if love is even real
Don't worry now, don't worry now
It's gonna be okay
I've been trying to find a way to understand
But I can't see the picture of God's plan
Why would He let us hurt so bad'
Could anything good come of these feelings that I have'
He loved me more than the sand on the beaches
He loved me more than the grass is green
And even though he had to go
I always knew his love was part of me, yeah
When you feel like you are all alone
Just like your best friend up and gone
Don't worry now, don't worry now
I've been there, yeah, I know how it feels
To wonder if love is even real
Don't worry now, don't worry now
It's taken so long to let this go
It's taken so long to feel that
You're right here next to me
And I can finally breathe
It's taken so long but now I know
I had to find out on my own
When nothing could convince me
Your love it convinced me
That it's gonna be okay
When you feel like you are all alone
Just like your best friend up and gone
Don't worry now, don't worry now
I've been there, yeah, I know how it feels
To wonder if love is even real
Don't worry now, don't worry now
'Cause it's gonna be, yeah, it's gonna be okay
I don't wanna say goodbye
To the only man that I love
My daddy and everything he was
I don't think I can live without you
Dad I know you're breaking in two
With tears running down his face, he says
'we're gonna make it, we're gonna make it'
When you feel like you are all alone
Just like your best friend up and gone
Don't worry now, don't worry now
I've been there, yeah, I know how it feels
To wonder if love is even real
Don't worry now, don't worry now
It's gonna be okay
I've been trying to find a way to understand
But I can't see the picture of God's plan
Why would He let us hurt so bad'
Could anything good come of these feelings that I have'
He loved me more than the sand on the beaches
He loved me more than the grass is green
And even though he had to go
I always knew his love was part of me, yeah
When you feel like you are all alone
Just like your best friend up and gone
Don't worry now, don't worry now
I've been there, yeah, I know how it feels
To wonder if love is even real
Don't worry now, don't worry now
It's taken so long to let this go
It's taken so long to feel that
You're right here next to me
And I can finally breathe
It's taken so long but now I know
I had to find out on my own
When nothing could convince me
Your love it convinced me
That it's gonna be okay
When you feel like you are all alone
Just like your best friend up and gone
Don't worry now, don't worry now
I've been there, yeah, I know how it feels
To wonder if love is even real
Don't worry now, don't worry now
'Cause it's gonna be, yeah, it's gonna be okay
Lyrics submitted by iheartyoubaby
Don't Worry Now Lyrics as written by Jeremy Bose Brittany Waddell
Lyrics © Capitol CMG Publishing
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