"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.
First time I saw you
I saw crimson, I saw dark blue
I saw the ocean we would drive to
To say our goodbyes
I saw winter, I saw new moons
I saw a heavy-hearted bridegroom
Saw the color of your bedroom
And the whites of your eyes
Don't ask me how I knew
It was the first time I saw you
First time I saw you
I saw somebody that I knew
I recognized you from our first glance
I've seen my share of counterfeits
I used to have them hang around a bit
But once you've seen yourself a genuine
There ain't no going back
Don't ask me how I knew
It was the first time I saw you
Last time I saw you
By the ocean, like we both knew
I guess that I'm supposed to
Tell you that I'm doing fine
It was the last time that I held a hand
It was the last time that I gave a damn
I don't think I'll ever understand
Why I never found the time
I saw crimson, I saw dark blue
The last time that I saw you
The last time that I saw those two
Was the first time that I saw you
I saw crimson, I saw dark blue
I saw the ocean we would drive to
To say our goodbyes
I saw winter, I saw new moons
I saw a heavy-hearted bridegroom
Saw the color of your bedroom
And the whites of your eyes
Don't ask me how I knew
It was the first time I saw you
First time I saw you
I saw somebody that I knew
I recognized you from our first glance
I've seen my share of counterfeits
I used to have them hang around a bit
But once you've seen yourself a genuine
There ain't no going back
Don't ask me how I knew
It was the first time I saw you
Last time I saw you
By the ocean, like we both knew
I guess that I'm supposed to
Tell you that I'm doing fine
It was the last time that I held a hand
It was the last time that I gave a damn
I don't think I'll ever understand
Why I never found the time
I saw crimson, I saw dark blue
The last time that I saw you
The last time that I saw those two
Was the first time that I saw you
Lyrics submitted by carnac44
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