"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.
All this talking to you
I don't know what I'm to do
I don't know where you stand
What's inside of your head
All this thinkin' of you
Is that what you're doin' too
You're always on my mind
I talk about you all of the time
Don't waste another day
Don't waste another minute
I can't wait to see your face
Just to show you how much I'm in it
So open up your heart
Help me understand
Please tell me who you are
So I could show you who I am
You're just standing by
You're just wasting time
Why don't you just tell me the truth about me and you
And as the time goes by
I hope you realize
If you ask me to
I just might be with you
So don't waste another day
Don't waste another minute
I can't wait to see your face
Just to show you how much I'm in it
Open up your heart
Help me understand
Please tell me who you are
So I could show you who I am
Stop standing there, standing there
And stop acting like you don't care
And stop being scared, being scared
Stop acting like you don't care
So, don't waste another day
Don't waste another minute
I can't wait to see your face
Just to show you how much I'm in it
Open up your heart
Help me understand
Please tell me who you are
So I could show you who I am
So, don't waste another day
Don't waste another minute
I cannot wait to see your face
Just to show you how much I'm in it
Open up your heart
Help me understand
Please tell me who you are
So I could show you who I am
Who I am,
Who I am,
Who I am
I don't know what I'm to do
I don't know where you stand
What's inside of your head
All this thinkin' of you
Is that what you're doin' too
You're always on my mind
I talk about you all of the time
Don't waste another day
Don't waste another minute
I can't wait to see your face
Just to show you how much I'm in it
So open up your heart
Help me understand
Please tell me who you are
So I could show you who I am
You're just standing by
You're just wasting time
Why don't you just tell me the truth about me and you
And as the time goes by
I hope you realize
If you ask me to
I just might be with you
So don't waste another day
Don't waste another minute
I can't wait to see your face
Just to show you how much I'm in it
Open up your heart
Help me understand
Please tell me who you are
So I could show you who I am
Stop standing there, standing there
And stop acting like you don't care
And stop being scared, being scared
Stop acting like you don't care
So, don't waste another day
Don't waste another minute
I can't wait to see your face
Just to show you how much I'm in it
Open up your heart
Help me understand
Please tell me who you are
So I could show you who I am
So, don't waste another day
Don't waste another minute
I cannot wait to see your face
Just to show you how much I'm in it
Open up your heart
Help me understand
Please tell me who you are
So I could show you who I am
Who I am,
Who I am,
Who I am
Lyrics submitted by heartbeatsforyou
Stop Standing There Lyrics as written by Avril Ramona Lavigne
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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