"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 my distant lover, so far away
Dream of her, since that day
Distant lover, so far away
I wish that I could bring her here to me
Distant lover, so far away
Girl you so far away, hey
My distant lover, distant lover, hey
My distant lover, distant lover, hey
Girl you so far away, you so far away, you so far away
My distant lover, distant lover
I wish that I could bring her here to me
Does she know, what she did
Turned my heart in flames
On that one time that she looked my way
Does she know, that sexy walk
Is still on my brain, when I think that I can't, I can't, I can't
[Chorus]
I can't take no more, I wanna be loving you
I've been in love with you
Since the day you came and you turned away
You never leave my brain
Noooo
I can't take no more
I wanna be loving you,
I've been in love with you
Since the day you came and you turned away
You never leave my brain
Noooo
(This night I can't get you off my brain, And I don't want to)
Nooo
Does she know, what she did
I walk around smelling her scent on her lips
And every time I lay down don't sleep
It is you that I see
Wish you'd come to me
'Cause you still on my brain
No, I just can't, I just can't
[Chorus]
I can't take no more, I wanna be loving you
I've been in love with you
Since the day you came and you turned away
You never leave my brain
Noooo
I can't take no more
I wanna be loving you,
I've been in love with you
Since the day you came and you turned away
You never leave my brain
Nooo
Never leave, no
My distant lover, my distant lover
(Babe you so far away, you so far away)
I wish that I could bring you here to me
I can't take no more, I wanna be loving you
(I wish that I could bring you here to me
Distant lover, distant lover)
You never leave my brain
I can't take no more
I wanna be loving you,
I've been in love with you
My distant lover
I wish that I could bring you here to me
Dream of her, since that day
Distant lover, so far away
I wish that I could bring her here to me
Distant lover, so far away
Girl you so far away, hey
My distant lover, distant lover, hey
My distant lover, distant lover, hey
Girl you so far away, you so far away, you so far away
My distant lover, distant lover
I wish that I could bring her here to me
Does she know, what she did
Turned my heart in flames
On that one time that she looked my way
Does she know, that sexy walk
Is still on my brain, when I think that I can't, I can't, I can't
[Chorus]
I can't take no more, I wanna be loving you
I've been in love with you
Since the day you came and you turned away
You never leave my brain
Noooo
I can't take no more
I wanna be loving you,
I've been in love with you
Since the day you came and you turned away
You never leave my brain
Noooo
(This night I can't get you off my brain, And I don't want to)
Nooo
Does she know, what she did
I walk around smelling her scent on her lips
And every time I lay down don't sleep
It is you that I see
Wish you'd come to me
'Cause you still on my brain
No, I just can't, I just can't
[Chorus]
I can't take no more, I wanna be loving you
I've been in love with you
Since the day you came and you turned away
You never leave my brain
Noooo
I can't take no more
I wanna be loving you,
I've been in love with you
Since the day you came and you turned away
You never leave my brain
Nooo
Never leave, no
My distant lover, my distant lover
(Babe you so far away, you so far away)
I wish that I could bring you here to me
I can't take no more, I wanna be loving you
(I wish that I could bring you here to me
Distant lover, distant lover)
You never leave my brain
I can't take no more
I wanna be loving you,
I've been in love with you
My distant lover
I wish that I could bring you here to me
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