"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.
The year was nineteen ninety-five
The month of the year was June
The day of the month was seven
The hour of the day was noon
Her clothes were in her suitcase
Her suitcase was in the trunk of the car
The bruises on her head were from her man
Her man was in the kitchen, drunk
I won't leave
You'll stay in my heart
I will stay
Till death do us part
The year was nineteen ninety-five
The day of the month was eight
The month of the year was June
The hour of the day was late
Her clothes were in her closet
Her suitcase was under the bed he was in
She forgave her man for the millionth time
For the bruises he put on her head
I won't leave
You'll stay in my heart
I will stay
Till death do us part
The year was nineteen ninety-five
The month of the year September
The day of the month I've forgotten
The hour of the day I can't remember
She was in her casket
Her casket was buried deep in the ground
The bruises on her head were from her man
And her man still can't be found
I won't leave
You'll stay in my heart
I will stay
Till death do us part
The month of the year was June
The day of the month was seven
The hour of the day was noon
Her clothes were in her suitcase
Her suitcase was in the trunk of the car
The bruises on her head were from her man
Her man was in the kitchen, drunk
I won't leave
You'll stay in my heart
I will stay
Till death do us part
The year was nineteen ninety-five
The day of the month was eight
The month of the year was June
The hour of the day was late
Her clothes were in her closet
Her suitcase was under the bed he was in
She forgave her man for the millionth time
For the bruises he put on her head
I won't leave
You'll stay in my heart
I will stay
Till death do us part
The year was nineteen ninety-five
The month of the year September
The day of the month I've forgotten
The hour of the day I can't remember
She was in her casket
Her casket was buried deep in the ground
The bruises on her head were from her man
And her man still can't be found
I won't leave
You'll stay in my heart
I will stay
Till death do us part
Lyrics submitted by euph777
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