"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.
I wish you'd give me what I'm looking for
I hit the light switch, then hit the front door
I say farewell to the western front
I'm having second thoughts, I may have jumped the gun
We walked and we stopped in your stereo
I really wanna be the color in your video
It's my it's my shotgun wedding with
The big city and I'm working on my etiquette
'Cause everybody wants it
And everybody needs it
Everybody wants it
And everybody needs
Oh, you don't have to say goodbye
Nothing's gonna pass you by
Looking at the same night sky
We'll be there waiting for you getting high
Everything will be all right
Looking at the same night sky
I can't give in I've worked to hard for this
I let the stress build, I sit and ball my fists
This town gets cold I pull the wool down
I look up at the stars, they hit the wet ground
We walked and we stopped in your stereo
I really wanna be the color in your video
It's my it's my shotgun wedding with
The big city and I hope I don't get over it
'Cause everybody wants it
And everybody needs it
Everybody wants it
And everybody needs
Oh, you don't have to say goodbye
Nothing's gonna pass you by
Looking at the same night sky
We'll be there waiting for you getting high
Everything will be all right
Looking at the same night sky
They got me crying on my sleeve
That's where I keep my heart so it don't dry up
They say I'm living out my dreams well that's my luck
Was it my dream when my father went falling down
I only felt one thing that's how I know now
I miss the days and the folks that I shared them with
This song right here goes out to all that cared a bit
So many thought that I would never reach the plane I'm at
But y'all knew better then that
And when I'm lonely
You'll always be my only
And I'll be yours in time
Oh, you don't have to say goodbye
Nothing's gonna pass you by
Looking at the same night sky
We'll be there waiting for you getting high
Everything will be all right
Looking at the same night sky
Oh, you don't need to say goodbye
I hit the light switch, then hit the front door
I say farewell to the western front
I'm having second thoughts, I may have jumped the gun
We walked and we stopped in your stereo
I really wanna be the color in your video
It's my it's my shotgun wedding with
The big city and I'm working on my etiquette
'Cause everybody wants it
And everybody needs it
Everybody wants it
And everybody needs
Oh, you don't have to say goodbye
Nothing's gonna pass you by
Looking at the same night sky
We'll be there waiting for you getting high
Everything will be all right
Looking at the same night sky
I can't give in I've worked to hard for this
I let the stress build, I sit and ball my fists
This town gets cold I pull the wool down
I look up at the stars, they hit the wet ground
We walked and we stopped in your stereo
I really wanna be the color in your video
It's my it's my shotgun wedding with
The big city and I hope I don't get over it
'Cause everybody wants it
And everybody needs it
Everybody wants it
And everybody needs
Oh, you don't have to say goodbye
Nothing's gonna pass you by
Looking at the same night sky
We'll be there waiting for you getting high
Everything will be all right
Looking at the same night sky
They got me crying on my sleeve
That's where I keep my heart so it don't dry up
They say I'm living out my dreams well that's my luck
Was it my dream when my father went falling down
I only felt one thing that's how I know now
I miss the days and the folks that I shared them with
This song right here goes out to all that cared a bit
So many thought that I would never reach the plane I'm at
But y'all knew better then that
And when I'm lonely
You'll always be my only
And I'll be yours in time
Oh, you don't have to say goodbye
Nothing's gonna pass you by
Looking at the same night sky
We'll be there waiting for you getting high
Everything will be all right
Looking at the same night sky
Oh, you don't need to say goodbye
Lyrics submitted by amyxrainbow
Same Night Sky Lyrics as written by Marc Griffin David Dalton
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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