"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.
Was this all a joke
Was this all a lie
Did you even think of me that night
I can't believe you could do this to me
But then again you're just another guy
I guess I should have expected it
Since it happened before
But I believed you could change
Guess I was wrong
(Chorus)
I loved you with all my heart
But you just threw me away
Does she give you what you need
Does she even know you like I did
I bet she doesn't
I bet she doesn't
I bet she doesn't make you feel like I did
I bet you'll never get anything better
I bet that I'm the best you'll ever have
I know we started out a little rough
But then I thought we made it through the bad times
So I thought we could survive anything
But I've always been too much of a dreamer
This past year has been one of the best I think I've ever had
But now I know that it can only go up from here
(Chorus)
You used to make me feel so bad
For all the little things I did wrong
But now I know it was a show to cover up
Your big mistake
(Chorus)
I bet that I'm the best you'll ever have
Was this all a lie
Did you even think of me that night
I can't believe you could do this to me
But then again you're just another guy
I guess I should have expected it
Since it happened before
But I believed you could change
Guess I was wrong
(Chorus)
I loved you with all my heart
But you just threw me away
Does she give you what you need
Does she even know you like I did
I bet she doesn't
I bet she doesn't
I bet she doesn't make you feel like I did
I bet you'll never get anything better
I bet that I'm the best you'll ever have
I know we started out a little rough
But then I thought we made it through the bad times
So I thought we could survive anything
But I've always been too much of a dreamer
This past year has been one of the best I think I've ever had
But now I know that it can only go up from here
(Chorus)
You used to make me feel so bad
For all the little things I did wrong
But now I know it was a show to cover up
Your big mistake
(Chorus)
I bet that I'm the best you'll ever have
Lyrics submitted by ShevanelandPlip
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