"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.
Baby don't leave me lonely eei
You promising me (they don't believe that)
Feelings( yeah yeah)
No, lemme tell her
I was sitting with you, Now I'm standing alone
Never felt this rejection now that I'm standing upon
I never said i was right and i know i did you wrong
Now I'm feeling so weak cos your love made me strong(woo)
Never really thought you gon leave me, Believe me
Life's choice, nobody's decision is deceiving (noo)
Unless if i told you lies, understand
But the pain is hidden, grieving within me
Forever is like Adam and Eve N
Really want to tell you life's like a video
You gon own your clips then
Watch you move forward!
Sometimes i play it backwards and i keep on reminiscing
The past time which i never watch till the end
And this is what i should be telling you, But now I'm telling you
You a friend till the end, there's no way I'm gonna pretend
Ice cold is the man forever forever (and ever and ever)
I'm standing all alone, By the river side
You're playing with my heart, baby this not nice
I left Sandra
I left Aisha
All because of you, Please don't break my heart
Something makes me wanna do something
I'm on the phone girl, let's keep talking
Or is it something i cant do or is it that I'm bugging
Oh baby please, just please stop it (stop it)
You cant tell how many times that i said sorry.
I still came to you at the party, You left in a hurry
And now i tell you that i still & i'm telling mummy
You are the baby for me
You are my mi-Amori
I put you in the category that you live before me (arghhh)
You told that is something that we lost that it isn't for me
You told me i was looked down
You told me i was hold down
You told me that i was nobody that you'd never looked out to
And so mfasa told me that
Ice cold, these girls yes them holy bad
And now I'm doing like I'm doing it like a drophy
I put em all on my music, My awards is in my trophies
I'm standing all alone, By the river side
You're playing with my heart, baby this not nice
I left Sandra
I left Aisha
All because of you, Please don't break my heart
You promising me (they don't believe that)
Feelings( yeah yeah)
No, lemme tell her
I was sitting with you, Now I'm standing alone
Never felt this rejection now that I'm standing upon
I never said i was right and i know i did you wrong
Now I'm feeling so weak cos your love made me strong(woo)
Never really thought you gon leave me, Believe me
Life's choice, nobody's decision is deceiving (noo)
Unless if i told you lies, understand
But the pain is hidden, grieving within me
Forever is like Adam and Eve N
Really want to tell you life's like a video
You gon own your clips then
Watch you move forward!
Sometimes i play it backwards and i keep on reminiscing
The past time which i never watch till the end
And this is what i should be telling you, But now I'm telling you
You a friend till the end, there's no way I'm gonna pretend
Ice cold is the man forever forever (and ever and ever)
I'm standing all alone, By the river side
You're playing with my heart, baby this not nice
I left Sandra
I left Aisha
All because of you, Please don't break my heart
Something makes me wanna do something
I'm on the phone girl, let's keep talking
Or is it something i cant do or is it that I'm bugging
Oh baby please, just please stop it (stop it)
You cant tell how many times that i said sorry.
I still came to you at the party, You left in a hurry
And now i tell you that i still & i'm telling mummy
You are the baby for me
You are my mi-Amori
I put you in the category that you live before me (arghhh)
You told that is something that we lost that it isn't for me
You told me i was looked down
You told me i was hold down
You told me that i was nobody that you'd never looked out to
And so mfasa told me that
Ice cold, these girls yes them holy bad
And now I'm doing like I'm doing it like a drophy
I put em all on my music, My awards is in my trophies
I'm standing all alone, By the river side
You're playing with my heart, baby this not nice
I left Sandra
I left Aisha
All because of you, Please don't break my heart
Lyrics submitted by R0ckPsycho
Don't Break Me (feat. Mfasa) Lyrics as written by Agbonaye Jerry
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
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