"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.
Woah, woah, woah (that side of your bed is still mine)
Woah, woah, woah (that side of your bed is still mine)
Am I the reason why you tossed and turned last night?
Everything's such a blur, it didn't come out right
All of the sudden it's cold and we're falling apart
No, this can't be, please don't leave me alone in the dark
And I guess we're really over, so come over, I'm not over it
And I guess we're really over, so come over, I'm not over it
Late night you make me feel like I'm desperate, I'm not desperate
Oh, a little bit possessive, little miss obsessive, can't get over it
Woah, woah, woah (that side of your bed is still mine)
Woah, woah, woah (that side of your bed is still mine)
I've never been a fan of long good-byes
I'm at the finish line and you're just way too far behind
In the morning I got in a fight with myself, I got the bruises to prove it
Then I swallowed your words and spit them right back out
And I guess we're really over, so come over, I'm not over it
And I guess we're really over, so come over, I'm not over it
Late night you make me feel like I'm desperate, Aim not desperate
Oh, a little bit possessive, little miss obsessive, can't get over it
No
It's like a fairy tale without a happy ending (happy ending)
But then again maybe we are just pretending
Why does it have to be so unfair?
Tell me that you care
And I guess we're really over, but come over, I'm not over it
And I guess we're really over, so come over, I'm not over it, oh
Little miss, little miss, little miss, little miss obsessive
Late night you make me feel like I'm desperate, I'm not desperate
Oh, a little bit possessive, little miss obsessive, can't get over it
Woah, woah, woah (that side of your bed is still mine)
Woah, woah, woah (that side of your bed is still mine)
Woah, woah, woah (that side of your bed is still mine)
Am I the reason why you tossed and turned last night?
Everything's such a blur, it didn't come out right
All of the sudden it's cold and we're falling apart
No, this can't be, please don't leave me alone in the dark
And I guess we're really over, so come over, I'm not over it
And I guess we're really over, so come over, I'm not over it
Late night you make me feel like I'm desperate, I'm not desperate
Oh, a little bit possessive, little miss obsessive, can't get over it
Woah, woah, woah (that side of your bed is still mine)
Woah, woah, woah (that side of your bed is still mine)
I've never been a fan of long good-byes
I'm at the finish line and you're just way too far behind
In the morning I got in a fight with myself, I got the bruises to prove it
Then I swallowed your words and spit them right back out
And I guess we're really over, so come over, I'm not over it
And I guess we're really over, so come over, I'm not over it
Late night you make me feel like I'm desperate, Aim not desperate
Oh, a little bit possessive, little miss obsessive, can't get over it
No
It's like a fairy tale without a happy ending (happy ending)
But then again maybe we are just pretending
Why does it have to be so unfair?
Tell me that you care
And I guess we're really over, but come over, I'm not over it
And I guess we're really over, so come over, I'm not over it, oh
Little miss, little miss, little miss, little miss obsessive
Late night you make me feel like I'm desperate, I'm not desperate
Oh, a little bit possessive, little miss obsessive, can't get over it
Woah, woah, woah (that side of your bed is still mine)
Woah, woah, woah (that side of your bed is still mine)
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Little Miss Obsessive Lyrics as written by Ashlee Simpson Karl Berringer
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