"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.
Mhm
Yeah
Oh, oh
Yeah-yeah
A couple of years
And I'm gonna know your name
It's like I waited for ya forever
And I know this might sound insane
But it wont be long
'Til we're gonna take this up
What I'm talking about is our future love (is our future love)
You're so far away
Maybe you're right next door
Got me picturing your face again
Something worth waiting for
I put all the others behind me
They don't live up
I know you're my fave
You and me, just for me
But baby, if they asked me
I would say I don't even know your name
And when they asked me
Does it change? No, it don't change a thing
'Cause there's something 'bout the way you'll love me
There's just something 'bout the way you'll know me
That I can't explain enough
There's just something 'bout our future love, future love, future love
There's just something 'bout our future love, future love, future love
Walking hand in hand
Going on a second date
I can picture what you're wearing and
I swear I can hardly wait
The thought of all the ways we'll meet for the very first time
I can see the place, feel the love, first sight
But baby, if they asked me
I would say I don't even know your name
And when they asked me
Does it change? No, it don't change a thing
'Cause there's something 'bout the way you'll love me
There's just something 'bout the way you'll know me
That I can't explain enough
There's just something 'bout our future love, future love, future love
There's just something 'bout our future love, future love, future love
Oh no, the minute you pull up next to me
We standing there like destiny
When it feels like you're fighting
Just to breathe that's when u know
The minute I pull up next to you
Suddenly I don't know what to do
Everything inside you says that I'm the one
But baby, if they asked me (asked me, baby)
I would say I don't even know your name
And when they asked me
Does it change? No, it don't change a thing
'Cause there's something 'bout the way you'll love me
There's just something 'bout the way you'll know me
That I can't explain enough
(Uh-uh uuh)
Baby, if they asked me (they asked me)
I would say I don't even know your name
And when they asked me
Does it change? No, it don't change a thing
'Cause there's something 'bout the way you'll love me (oh-oh)
There's just something 'bout the way you'll know me (yeah)
That I can't explain enough
There's just something 'bout our future love, future love, future love
There's just something 'bout our future love, future love, future love
It's just something 'bout our future love, future love, future love (our future love)
'Bout our future love, future love, future love
Future love
Yeah, uh-uh, uh, oh
Yeah
Oh, oh
Yeah-yeah
A couple of years
And I'm gonna know your name
It's like I waited for ya forever
And I know this might sound insane
But it wont be long
'Til we're gonna take this up
What I'm talking about is our future love (is our future love)
You're so far away
Maybe you're right next door
Got me picturing your face again
Something worth waiting for
I put all the others behind me
They don't live up
I know you're my fave
You and me, just for me
But baby, if they asked me
I would say I don't even know your name
And when they asked me
Does it change? No, it don't change a thing
'Cause there's something 'bout the way you'll love me
There's just something 'bout the way you'll know me
That I can't explain enough
There's just something 'bout our future love, future love, future love
There's just something 'bout our future love, future love, future love
Walking hand in hand
Going on a second date
I can picture what you're wearing and
I swear I can hardly wait
The thought of all the ways we'll meet for the very first time
I can see the place, feel the love, first sight
But baby, if they asked me
I would say I don't even know your name
And when they asked me
Does it change? No, it don't change a thing
'Cause there's something 'bout the way you'll love me
There's just something 'bout the way you'll know me
That I can't explain enough
There's just something 'bout our future love, future love, future love
There's just something 'bout our future love, future love, future love
Oh no, the minute you pull up next to me
We standing there like destiny
When it feels like you're fighting
Just to breathe that's when u know
The minute I pull up next to you
Suddenly I don't know what to do
Everything inside you says that I'm the one
But baby, if they asked me (asked me, baby)
I would say I don't even know your name
And when they asked me
Does it change? No, it don't change a thing
'Cause there's something 'bout the way you'll love me
There's just something 'bout the way you'll know me
That I can't explain enough
(Uh-uh uuh)
Baby, if they asked me (they asked me)
I would say I don't even know your name
And when they asked me
Does it change? No, it don't change a thing
'Cause there's something 'bout the way you'll love me (oh-oh)
There's just something 'bout the way you'll know me (yeah)
That I can't explain enough
There's just something 'bout our future love, future love, future love
There's just something 'bout our future love, future love, future love
It's just something 'bout our future love, future love, future love (our future love)
'Bout our future love, future love, future love
Future love
Yeah, uh-uh, uh, oh
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Future Love Lyrics as written by Ryan Tedder Evan Kidd Bogart
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