"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.
If you’re anything like me
You find yourself taking for granted
Everything you see
Things that we just rush right by most everyday
Like how the sun heats the day
And how it’s so far away
And how it just keeps on burning and burning
And what the skies have to say
Can make the rain go away
And how the world keeps on turning and turning
I believe there are miracles all around us
And I’m so happy that one of them found us
Cause there’s nothing quite like the beautiful sound of love
Love is a miracle
Can you imagine
What life would be without the presence
Of our children’s laughter
These are things that we should hold so dear to our hearts
Instead we’re moving so fast
That we just don’t look around
We’ve learned to just keep on going and going but I
I think we’ve got to slow down
I think there’s more to be found
If we just keep on searching and searching
I believe there are miracles all around us
And I’m so happy that one of them found us
Cause there’s nothing quite like the beautiful sound of love
Love is a miracle
Love can open a heart
Love can sing a new song
Love can change a million minds and conquer something that’s wrong
As for you and me
Love has definitely
Given us reason to know it’s a miracle
I believe there are miracles all around us
And I’m so happy that one of them found us
Cause there’s nothing quite like the beautiful sound of love
Love is a miracle
You find yourself taking for granted
Everything you see
Things that we just rush right by most everyday
Like how the sun heats the day
And how it’s so far away
And how it just keeps on burning and burning
And what the skies have to say
Can make the rain go away
And how the world keeps on turning and turning
I believe there are miracles all around us
And I’m so happy that one of them found us
Cause there’s nothing quite like the beautiful sound of love
Love is a miracle
Can you imagine
What life would be without the presence
Of our children’s laughter
These are things that we should hold so dear to our hearts
Instead we’re moving so fast
That we just don’t look around
We’ve learned to just keep on going and going but I
I think we’ve got to slow down
I think there’s more to be found
If we just keep on searching and searching
I believe there are miracles all around us
And I’m so happy that one of them found us
Cause there’s nothing quite like the beautiful sound of love
Love is a miracle
Love can open a heart
Love can sing a new song
Love can change a million minds and conquer something that’s wrong
As for you and me
Love has definitely
Given us reason to know it’s a miracle
I believe there are miracles all around us
And I’m so happy that one of them found us
Cause there’s nothing quite like the beautiful sound of love
Love is a miracle
Lyrics submitted by sens_freak_18
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