"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.
Stop trying, don't you see the look in my eyes?
And stop begging, can't you see I've run outta lies?
Stop showing up at my favorite restaurant
And dropping by my work saying you just wanna talk
Don't call me baby
Don't call me baby
Anymore
Stop running baby cause you've run outta time
(Stop running baby cause you've run outta time)
And stop asking, you know all the reasons why
(Stop asking, you know all the reasons why)
Stop staring through me like you know who I am
(Stop staring through me like you know who I am)
When you don't know me, you don't know me, barely knew me then
(You don't know me, you don't know me, you don't know me you don't)
And don't call me baby
Don't call me baby
Anymore
Hey, hey, hey
Walking away now, walking away now baby
Oh baby
Hey, hey, hey
Walking away now, walking away now baby
Oh baby
Don't call my number
Don't call me over
Don't call me baby
Anymore
What you gonna do my love?
What you gonna do?
What you gonna say this time?
What's your excuse?
When you gonna break my heart?
When you gonna break?
Nobody hurts like you
Stop staring through me like you know who I am
When you don't know me, you don't know me, barely knew me then
(You don't know me, you don't know me, you don't know me you don't)
And don't call me baby
Don't call me baby
Anymore
Hey, hey, hey
Walking away now, walking away now baby
Oh baby
Hey, hey, hey
Walking away now, walking away now baby
Oh baby
Don't call my number
Don't call me over
Don't call me baby
Anymore
And stop begging, can't you see I've run outta lies?
Stop showing up at my favorite restaurant
And dropping by my work saying you just wanna talk
Don't call me baby
Don't call me baby
Anymore
Stop running baby cause you've run outta time
(Stop running baby cause you've run outta time)
And stop asking, you know all the reasons why
(Stop asking, you know all the reasons why)
Stop staring through me like you know who I am
(Stop staring through me like you know who I am)
When you don't know me, you don't know me, barely knew me then
(You don't know me, you don't know me, you don't know me you don't)
And don't call me baby
Don't call me baby
Anymore
Hey, hey, hey
Walking away now, walking away now baby
Oh baby
Hey, hey, hey
Walking away now, walking away now baby
Oh baby
Don't call my number
Don't call me over
Don't call me baby
Anymore
What you gonna do my love?
What you gonna do?
What you gonna say this time?
What's your excuse?
When you gonna break my heart?
When you gonna break?
Nobody hurts like you
Stop staring through me like you know who I am
When you don't know me, you don't know me, barely knew me then
(You don't know me, you don't know me, you don't know me you don't)
And don't call me baby
Don't call me baby
Anymore
Hey, hey, hey
Walking away now, walking away now baby
Oh baby
Hey, hey, hey
Walking away now, walking away now baby
Oh baby
Don't call my number
Don't call me over
Don't call me baby
Anymore
Lyrics submitted by cullen-angelz84
Don't Call Me Baby Lyrics as written by Jon Levine Anjulie Persaud
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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