"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.
When we'er together we drift away
Often out of sight
We feel things that we can't explain
If we try hard we just might
Shake shake baby on and on
We're gonna break break, break on out
Shake shake baby on and on
We're gonna break break, break on out
Sweep me off of my feet
Take me back to the beginning
The night when we first met
So me and you can keep a secret
You're not close enough to hear it
The night when we first met
The night when we first met
We first met
The night when we first met
Waves crash down, the moon is high
Take my hand, lead me in
Our clothes are on the shore, the waters cold
we keep each other warm
Shake shake baby on and on
We're gonna break break, break on out
Shake shake baby on and on
We're gonna break break, break on out
Sweep me off of my feet
Take me back to the beginning
The night when we first met
So me and you can keep a secret
You're not close enough to hear it
The night when we first met
The night when we first met
We first met
The night when we first met
We are in love
We are in love
In love
In love
In love
Sweep me off of my feet
Take me back to the beginning
The night when we first met
So me and you can keep a secret
You're not close enough to hear it
What they don't know can't hurt
It felt so right when you kissed me
Close your eyes and you miss me
The night when we first met
Shooting stars got us wishing
That our eyes pay attention
The night when we first met
The night when we first met
We first met
The night when we first met
Often out of sight
We feel things that we can't explain
If we try hard we just might
Shake shake baby on and on
We're gonna break break, break on out
Shake shake baby on and on
We're gonna break break, break on out
Sweep me off of my feet
Take me back to the beginning
The night when we first met
So me and you can keep a secret
You're not close enough to hear it
The night when we first met
The night when we first met
We first met
The night when we first met
Waves crash down, the moon is high
Take my hand, lead me in
Our clothes are on the shore, the waters cold
we keep each other warm
Shake shake baby on and on
We're gonna break break, break on out
Shake shake baby on and on
We're gonna break break, break on out
Sweep me off of my feet
Take me back to the beginning
The night when we first met
So me and you can keep a secret
You're not close enough to hear it
The night when we first met
The night when we first met
We first met
The night when we first met
We are in love
We are in love
In love
In love
In love
Sweep me off of my feet
Take me back to the beginning
The night when we first met
So me and you can keep a secret
You're not close enough to hear it
What they don't know can't hurt
It felt so right when you kissed me
Close your eyes and you miss me
The night when we first met
Shooting stars got us wishing
That our eyes pay attention
The night when we first met
The night when we first met
We first met
The night when we first met
Lyrics submitted by claire_luvs_u80
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But I also feel that she's saying she doesn't want what she has now, just the past. It's like things didn't turn out to be how she planned them.
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