"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.
She said she loved me, all night long
I couldn't help but let her string my heart along
I knew better, I still do
But I'm not the first man who's ever played the fool
So tell me, why do I keep holding on?
Oh, why do I keep staring down the barrel of a loaded gun?
Then tell me why can't I just can't let go?
Somebody knows, then tell me
I won't point the finger, but I'll take the blame
'Cause I saw her coming from a million miles away
I should have fought the feeling, but I gave in
'Cause those lying blue eyes kept on pulling me back in
So tell me, why do I keep holding on?
Oh, why do I keep staring down the barrel of a loaded gun?
Then tell me why can't I just can't let go?
Somebody knows, then tell me
So tell me, why do I keep holding on?
Oh, why do I keep staring down the barrel of a loaded gun?
Then tell me why can't I just can't let go?
Somebody knows, then tell me
Oh, why can't you just tell me?
If you know
I couldn't help but let her string my heart along
I knew better, I still do
But I'm not the first man who's ever played the fool
So tell me, why do I keep holding on?
Oh, why do I keep staring down the barrel of a loaded gun?
Then tell me why can't I just can't let go?
Somebody knows, then tell me
I won't point the finger, but I'll take the blame
'Cause I saw her coming from a million miles away
I should have fought the feeling, but I gave in
'Cause those lying blue eyes kept on pulling me back in
So tell me, why do I keep holding on?
Oh, why do I keep staring down the barrel of a loaded gun?
Then tell me why can't I just can't let go?
Somebody knows, then tell me
So tell me, why do I keep holding on?
Oh, why do I keep staring down the barrel of a loaded gun?
Then tell me why can't I just can't let go?
Somebody knows, then tell me
Oh, why can't you just tell me?
If you know
Lyrics submitted by JustinBowe
Tell Me Lyrics as written by Donald Wallace Poythress Joshua Ryan Owen
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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