"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.
All of this screaming, ain't gettin' us nowhere tonight
Your dead set on leavin', both of us tired of the same old fight
Your drawer's are empty, your closet too
Your lips are ready, to say were through
How bout you don't
Slam that door
Call it quits
Pull your suitcase in that old ford
Back the car out, make that ride
Hit the highway say good bye
How bout you don't
I want to be a changed man
Yeah, I'm gonna do the right thing now
I know I lose my temper, that's when everything goes south
You do to, you know its true
Well walking out, ain't the thing to do
How bout you don't
Slam that door
Call it quits
Pull your suitcase in that old ford
Back the car out, make that ride
Hit the highway say good bye
How bout you don't
Please don't say that its over
How bout you don't
Don't even move
Let me hold you
Show ya, that I still love you
Lets just try, one more time
There ain't to good, in sayin' goodbye
How bout you don't
How bout you don't
How bout you don't
Your dead set on leavin', both of us tired of the same old fight
Your drawer's are empty, your closet too
Your lips are ready, to say were through
How bout you don't
Slam that door
Call it quits
Pull your suitcase in that old ford
Back the car out, make that ride
Hit the highway say good bye
How bout you don't
I want to be a changed man
Yeah, I'm gonna do the right thing now
I know I lose my temper, that's when everything goes south
You do to, you know its true
Well walking out, ain't the thing to do
How bout you don't
Slam that door
Call it quits
Pull your suitcase in that old ford
Back the car out, make that ride
Hit the highway say good bye
How bout you don't
Please don't say that its over
How bout you don't
Don't even move
Let me hold you
Show ya, that I still love you
Lets just try, one more time
There ain't to good, in sayin' goodbye
How bout you don't
How bout you don't
How bout you don't
Lyrics submitted by AlexanderMotorsports
How 'Bout You Don't Lyrics as written by Vicky Mc Gehee Ryder Lee
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing
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