"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.
If I can't find the words
Waiting for this
Feeling in and out
Drowning in to subside
You make me
Swim like a beginner
Like I'm new at life
And all these words
Don't come easy
No, they always seem to stop
There is an awkward silence
Yeah, anytime we talk
Oh but I want to let you in
I want to ease all your doubts
I keep trying to get it out
But if I can't find the words
To tell you what I'm feeling
Baby that don't mean
It don't mean that I don't feel it
I'm trying to tell you girl
But if you don't believe
Just look and see
My face says what you mean to me
When I can't find the words
I know
I can send you flowers
To try to make my feelings clear
And girl
I can hold you tight for hours
I want to tell you what you're trying to hear
Oh and I want to let you in
I want to ease all your doubts
I keep on turning to get it out
But if I can't find the words
To tell you what I'm feeling
Baby that don't mean
It don't mean that I don't feel it
I'm trying to tell you girl
But if you don't believe
Just look and see
My face says what you mean to me
When I can't find the words
Girl I know sometimes I leave you so upset
Cause I got all these bits and pieces in my head
I know I'm puzzling
As I struggle with the things that I haven't said
When I can't find the words
When I can't find the words
When I, when I
When I can't find the words
I want to ease all your doubts (ease all your doubts)
Keep trying to get it out
When if I can't find the words
To tell you what I'm feeling
Baby that don't mean
It don't mean that I don't feel it
I'm trying to tell you girl
But if you don't believe
Just look and see
My smile says what you mean to me
When I can't find the words
When if I can't find the words
To tell you what I'm feeling
Baby that don't mean
It don't mean that I don't feel it
I want to tell you girl
But if you don't believe
Just look and see
My smile says what you mean to me
(My smile says what you mean to me)
When I can't find the words
Waiting for this
Feeling in and out
Drowning in to subside
You make me
Swim like a beginner
Like I'm new at life
And all these words
Don't come easy
No, they always seem to stop
There is an awkward silence
Yeah, anytime we talk
Oh but I want to let you in
I want to ease all your doubts
I keep trying to get it out
But if I can't find the words
To tell you what I'm feeling
Baby that don't mean
It don't mean that I don't feel it
I'm trying to tell you girl
But if you don't believe
Just look and see
My face says what you mean to me
When I can't find the words
I know
I can send you flowers
To try to make my feelings clear
And girl
I can hold you tight for hours
I want to tell you what you're trying to hear
Oh and I want to let you in
I want to ease all your doubts
I keep on turning to get it out
But if I can't find the words
To tell you what I'm feeling
Baby that don't mean
It don't mean that I don't feel it
I'm trying to tell you girl
But if you don't believe
Just look and see
My face says what you mean to me
When I can't find the words
Girl I know sometimes I leave you so upset
Cause I got all these bits and pieces in my head
I know I'm puzzling
As I struggle with the things that I haven't said
When I can't find the words
When I can't find the words
When I, when I
When I can't find the words
I want to ease all your doubts (ease all your doubts)
Keep trying to get it out
When if I can't find the words
To tell you what I'm feeling
Baby that don't mean
It don't mean that I don't feel it
I'm trying to tell you girl
But if you don't believe
Just look and see
My smile says what you mean to me
When I can't find the words
When if I can't find the words
To tell you what I'm feeling
Baby that don't mean
It don't mean that I don't feel it
I want to tell you girl
But if you don't believe
Just look and see
My smile says what you mean to me
(My smile says what you mean to me)
When I can't find the words
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I 'm really surprised that nobody has even commented on that song. I really think that this song is awesome and that people should add their comments about it.
To me this song is about someone who is in love with somebody else, but it seems that even though he or she wants to tell that person that he loves her he or she seems to be speechlss and can,t tell that person how she or he is feeling
And it also said that even though he is speechless , that dosen,t mean that he dosen,t love that person and that by looking at his face we can see how he is feeling toward that person.
That song is really awesome and i think that people should comment on this song, because i think that a lot of people including me can relate to that song on some level