"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.
Did someone call for me
Cuz I really need to know
Did someone call for me
Cuz i really need to know
Did someone call for me
Cuz I really need to know
Did someone call for me
Cuz I really need to know
I went and got a letter from the judge the other day
it said that I was guilty for a crime I committed
I didn’t know why there was time I should pay
But I’d be lying to deny that I did it
I shoulda held her but instead I killed him
I’m not violent
but I swear that If I had to do it again
I wouldn’t think twice of what life Id spare
Here we go now time for the prison
as my momma cries her eyes out
I watched my momma
at least for a minute
as she cried her little eyes out
Its alright I said to her
Everything has to work out
I know what I did was right
Take Care of jake and cythnia
I'm a million miles from home
Ain't got no where to go
Did someone call for me
Cuz i really need to know
I'm a million miles from home
Ain't got no where to go
Did someone call for me
Cuz i really need to know
I went and wrote a letter to the judge the other day
I asked her if she’d ever had any children
I told her it was my baby sister who was raped
and had a suspicion but she still wouldn’t listen
The jury was quick to decide
witnesses did testify
I refuse to loose my life
while my momma cries suicide
isn't what’s right to appeal
who will go out on a limb
no money and no real meals
this prison is filled with sin
prosecution fed more lies
over my dead body under oath
I’ll take nothing less
for its my right to be free
I'm sorry
but its my right to be free
I'm sorry
but it's my right to be free
I'm sorry
but it's my right to be free
I'm sorry
but it's my right to be free
Im sorry I took the easy way out(I'm a million miles from home,Ain't got no where to go, Did someone call for me, Cuz i really need to know)
Im a coward and I bruise easy now you know (I'm a million miles from home,Ain't got no where to go, Did someone call for me, Cuz i really need to know)
It must have been something that I couldn’t help (I'm a million miles from home,Ain't got no where to go, Did someone call for me, Cuz i really need to know)
I m sorry I took the easy way out(I'm a million miles from home,Ain't got no where to go, Did someone call for me, Cuz i really need to know)
Easy way out(Did someone call for me)
Easy way out(Cuz i really need to know)
Easy way out(Did someone call for me)
Easy way out(cuz i really need to know)
Easy way out(Did someone call for me)
Easy way tout(Cuz i really need to know)
I'm a million miles from home(Easy way out)
I'm a million miles from home(Easy way out)
I'm a million miles from home
Ain't got no where to go
Did someone call for me
Cuz i really need to know
Cuz I really need to know
Did someone call for me
Cuz i really need to know
Did someone call for me
Cuz I really need to know
Did someone call for me
Cuz I really need to know
I went and got a letter from the judge the other day
it said that I was guilty for a crime I committed
I didn’t know why there was time I should pay
But I’d be lying to deny that I did it
I shoulda held her but instead I killed him
I’m not violent
but I swear that If I had to do it again
I wouldn’t think twice of what life Id spare
Here we go now time for the prison
as my momma cries her eyes out
I watched my momma
at least for a minute
as she cried her little eyes out
Its alright I said to her
Everything has to work out
I know what I did was right
Take Care of jake and cythnia
I'm a million miles from home
Ain't got no where to go
Did someone call for me
Cuz i really need to know
I'm a million miles from home
Ain't got no where to go
Did someone call for me
Cuz i really need to know
I went and wrote a letter to the judge the other day
I asked her if she’d ever had any children
I told her it was my baby sister who was raped
and had a suspicion but she still wouldn’t listen
The jury was quick to decide
witnesses did testify
I refuse to loose my life
while my momma cries suicide
isn't what’s right to appeal
who will go out on a limb
no money and no real meals
this prison is filled with sin
prosecution fed more lies
over my dead body under oath
I’ll take nothing less
for its my right to be free
I'm sorry
but its my right to be free
I'm sorry
but it's my right to be free
I'm sorry
but it's my right to be free
I'm sorry
but it's my right to be free
Im sorry I took the easy way out(I'm a million miles from home,Ain't got no where to go, Did someone call for me, Cuz i really need to know)
Im a coward and I bruise easy now you know (I'm a million miles from home,Ain't got no where to go, Did someone call for me, Cuz i really need to know)
It must have been something that I couldn’t help (I'm a million miles from home,Ain't got no where to go, Did someone call for me, Cuz i really need to know)
I m sorry I took the easy way out(I'm a million miles from home,Ain't got no where to go, Did someone call for me, Cuz i really need to know)
Easy way out(Did someone call for me)
Easy way out(Cuz i really need to know)
Easy way out(Did someone call for me)
Easy way out(cuz i really need to know)
Easy way out(Did someone call for me)
Easy way tout(Cuz i really need to know)
I'm a million miles from home(Easy way out)
I'm a million miles from home(Easy way out)
I'm a million miles from home
Ain't got no where to go
Did someone call for me
Cuz i really need to know
Lyrics submitted by naynay32
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