"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.
You're getting sick and tired
of being bossed around and gettin' told what to do
you're uninspired
as the words that they are sayin' start to get to you
you've got a big, big heart
and you share it with the world but they don't share with you
you start crying now
'cause you can't understand why anyone could be so cruel
but soon they'll start to get it
and we will walk this town,
our fears that everyone will come
knocking down our dreams
but we won't let them
we'll sing oh oh no
yeah we'll keep singing baby no they won't
we will walk this town,
our fears that everyone will come
knocking down our dreams
but we won't let them
we'll sing oh oh no
yeah we'll keep singing baby no they won't
I love the things you say
when you're talking to someone you think has lost their way
you've got the perfect smile
that has driven every boy in town to all go wild
I still wish that you'd believe in you as much as you believed in me
we will walk this town,
our fears that everyone will come
knocking down our dreams
but we won't let them
we'll sing oh oh no
yeah we'll keep singing baby no they won't
we will walk this town,
our fears that everyone will come
knocking down our dreams
but we won't let them
we'll sing oh oh no
yeah we'll keep singing baby no they won't
I look in your eye
and I can tell that you're disappointed
I've got a feeling inside
and I know we're gonna break right through this
we will walk this town,
our fears that everyone will come
knocking down our dreams
but we won't let them
we'll sing oh oh no
yeah we'll keep singing baby no they won't
we will walk this town,
our fears that everyone will come
knocking down our dreams
but we won't let them
we'll sing oh oh no
yeah we'll keep singing baby no they won't
of being bossed around and gettin' told what to do
you're uninspired
as the words that they are sayin' start to get to you
you've got a big, big heart
and you share it with the world but they don't share with you
you start crying now
'cause you can't understand why anyone could be so cruel
but soon they'll start to get it
and we will walk this town,
our fears that everyone will come
knocking down our dreams
but we won't let them
we'll sing oh oh no
yeah we'll keep singing baby no they won't
we will walk this town,
our fears that everyone will come
knocking down our dreams
but we won't let them
we'll sing oh oh no
yeah we'll keep singing baby no they won't
I love the things you say
when you're talking to someone you think has lost their way
you've got the perfect smile
that has driven every boy in town to all go wild
I still wish that you'd believe in you as much as you believed in me
we will walk this town,
our fears that everyone will come
knocking down our dreams
but we won't let them
we'll sing oh oh no
yeah we'll keep singing baby no they won't
we will walk this town,
our fears that everyone will come
knocking down our dreams
but we won't let them
we'll sing oh oh no
yeah we'll keep singing baby no they won't
I look in your eye
and I can tell that you're disappointed
I've got a feeling inside
and I know we're gonna break right through this
we will walk this town,
our fears that everyone will come
knocking down our dreams
but we won't let them
we'll sing oh oh no
yeah we'll keep singing baby no they won't
we will walk this town,
our fears that everyone will come
knocking down our dreams
but we won't let them
we'll sing oh oh no
yeah we'll keep singing baby no they won't
Lyrics submitted by jessicles
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here the parts your missing:
you've got a big, big heart and you share it with the world but they don't share with you you start crying now 'cause you can't understand why anyone could be so cruel but soon decide to get it (not sure about this one?)
and we will walk this town, our fears that everyone will come
that has driven every boy in town to all go wild
thanks (:
this is probably my favorite song of all time. andrew de torres has the most amazing voice.
Where can I get this song, someone new, and love through post cards? Those aren't on their albums..
as far as I know, the songs aren't "officially" recorded, just posted on Andrew's youtube. buuuuut he said they were going to be in the studio until August, just a few days before their tour starts. so they may be recorded then.