"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.
What did I do to deserve this?
Tell me the truth and don't lie
You're pretty good at that but, no not this time
You walk around like you run the world,
Running your mouth, and talking about me now,
They think that you're the perfect girl,
The're gonna see everything so get back
[Chrous:]
It's gonna come back around
You know that this town is just too small and not too tall to take this again
You're just to adverse but I got news
You know you're just gonna lose
Everything and everyone that means so much to you.
I'm feeling bad for,
You are alone and nobody cares that you are
One look into your eyes,
Easy to see what you could be but you're not
I say it's time that you give in,
Since it was real, you cannot fulfill, your over
You feel your heart beat deep down
You're in the shame of causing this pain,
Just get out
[Chorus:]
It's gonna come back around
You know that this town is just too small and not too tall take this again
You're just to adverse, but I've got news
You know youre just gonna lose
Everything and everyone that means so much to you.
You keep hearing everything that people say
And you can't take the pain another day
It's coming back around
I told you this town was just small
[End chorus:]
You're just to adverse but you can stop now
It's gonna come back around
And around and around and around and around
Yeah yeah
It's gonna come back around
You know that this town is just too small and not too tall (Too tall)
To take this, take this again [Whoa]
You dress to impress but I've got news
You know you're just gonna lose
Everything and everyone that means so much to you
Everything and everyone that means so much to you
Everything and everyone that means so much to you.
Tell me the truth and don't lie
You're pretty good at that but, no not this time
You walk around like you run the world,
Running your mouth, and talking about me now,
They think that you're the perfect girl,
The're gonna see everything so get back
[Chrous:]
It's gonna come back around
You know that this town is just too small and not too tall to take this again
You're just to adverse but I got news
You know you're just gonna lose
Everything and everyone that means so much to you.
I'm feeling bad for,
You are alone and nobody cares that you are
One look into your eyes,
Easy to see what you could be but you're not
I say it's time that you give in,
Since it was real, you cannot fulfill, your over
You feel your heart beat deep down
You're in the shame of causing this pain,
Just get out
[Chorus:]
It's gonna come back around
You know that this town is just too small and not too tall take this again
You're just to adverse, but I've got news
You know youre just gonna lose
Everything and everyone that means so much to you.
You keep hearing everything that people say
And you can't take the pain another day
It's coming back around
I told you this town was just small
[End chorus:]
You're just to adverse but you can stop now
It's gonna come back around
And around and around and around and around
Yeah yeah
It's gonna come back around
You know that this town is just too small and not too tall (Too tall)
To take this, take this again [Whoa]
You dress to impress but I've got news
You know you're just gonna lose
Everything and everyone that means so much to you
Everything and everyone that means so much to you
Everything and everyone that means so much to you.
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Back Around Lyrics as written by Nicholas Jonas Joseph Jonas
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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