"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.
Somebody look me over
Somebody let me know
Please tell me if I'm still here
Why can't I be alone
I know your still breathin'
'Cause your still bleedin' me
Turn it off and fade to black
'Cause I don't want to see
Show me now what you've been thinking
Tell me what you know
I don't think that I will let everybody know
It ain't easy bein' me
There's nothin' wrong as far as I can see
It ain't easy
It's a long way home
'Cause I'm already too far gone
'Cause I'm already too far gone
I found out the hard way
You know I had to laugh
You know we've come a long long way
I had to take a chance
Leave me here or let me go
Never recognize
Sometimes I can't leave it alone
It's one more reason to try
It ain't easy bein' me
There's nothin' wrong
As far as I can see
It ain't easy
It's a long way home
'Cause I'm already too far gone
It ain't easy bein with me
There's no way out
As far as I can see
It ain't easy
It's such a long way home
'Cause I'm already to far gone
'Cause I'm already to far gone
Every night I crawl back home
No one answers me
Sometimes I can't be alone
To tell you want me
It ain't easy bein' me
There's nothin' wrong
As far as I can see
It ain't easy
It's a long way home
'Cause I'm already too far gone
It ain't easy bein' with me
There's no way out
As far as I can see
It ain't easy
It's such a long way home
'Cause I'm already too far gone
Somebody look me over
Somebody let me know
Please tell me if I'm still here
Why can't I be alone
Somebody let me know
Please tell me if I'm still here
Why can't I be alone
I know your still breathin'
'Cause your still bleedin' me
Turn it off and fade to black
'Cause I don't want to see
Show me now what you've been thinking
Tell me what you know
I don't think that I will let everybody know
It ain't easy bein' me
There's nothin' wrong as far as I can see
It ain't easy
It's a long way home
'Cause I'm already too far gone
'Cause I'm already too far gone
I found out the hard way
You know I had to laugh
You know we've come a long long way
I had to take a chance
Leave me here or let me go
Never recognize
Sometimes I can't leave it alone
It's one more reason to try
It ain't easy bein' me
There's nothin' wrong
As far as I can see
It ain't easy
It's a long way home
'Cause I'm already too far gone
It ain't easy bein with me
There's no way out
As far as I can see
It ain't easy
It's such a long way home
'Cause I'm already to far gone
'Cause I'm already to far gone
Every night I crawl back home
No one answers me
Sometimes I can't be alone
To tell you want me
It ain't easy bein' me
There's nothin' wrong
As far as I can see
It ain't easy
It's a long way home
'Cause I'm already too far gone
It ain't easy bein' with me
There's no way out
As far as I can see
It ain't easy
It's such a long way home
'Cause I'm already too far gone
Somebody look me over
Somebody let me know
Please tell me if I'm still here
Why can't I be alone
Lyrics submitted by Joseph_Kuby
It Ain't Easy Lyrics as written by Stephen E Pearcy Richard Frank Zito
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Royalty Network, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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Great version of a great song,
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