"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.
Leaving your tears on my shoulder
Your eyes beg me to stay.
We were finally changing.
It's our luck, we're a little too late.
I'd take you with me if there was a way.
Sorry, don't cut it so I say,
Take all of your doubts,
You can throw 'em out.
You may be unsure, but I know
I'm always coming back.
You can bet on that,
You're the only place I call home.
Near or far, where you are is where I want to be.
Every lonely night,
Every drunken fight,
Gonna make it right, I know.
If it hurts you bad,
Put it on my tab,
I can pay it back tenfold.
You're the only place I've ever called my home.
Years pass, we're getting older
And you're not sure you can wait.
So I promise, it won't always be like this.
You say, "It's always the same."
We're falling apart if you think so
I'm holding on even if you let go.
Take all of your doubts,
You can throw 'em out.
You may be unsure, but I know
I'm always coming back.
You can bet on that,
You're the only place I call home.
Near or far, where you are is where I want to be.
Every lonely night,
Every drunken fight,
Gonna make it right, I know.
If it hurts you bad,
Put it on my tab,
I can pay it back tenfold.
You're the only place I've ever called my home.
If I had my way
You'd fill these empty beds.
Someday I'll come back for you
And never leave again.
Take all of your doubts,
You can throw 'em out.
You may be unsure, but I know
I'm always coming back.
You can bet on that,
You're the only place I call home.
Near or far, where you are is where I want to be.
Every lonely night,
Every drunken fight,
Gonna make it right, I know.
If it hurts you bad,
Put it on my tab,
I can pay it back tenfold.
You're the only place I've ever called my home.
Your eyes beg me to stay.
We were finally changing.
It's our luck, we're a little too late.
I'd take you with me if there was a way.
Sorry, don't cut it so I say,
Take all of your doubts,
You can throw 'em out.
You may be unsure, but I know
I'm always coming back.
You can bet on that,
You're the only place I call home.
Near or far, where you are is where I want to be.
Every lonely night,
Every drunken fight,
Gonna make it right, I know.
If it hurts you bad,
Put it on my tab,
I can pay it back tenfold.
You're the only place I've ever called my home.
Years pass, we're getting older
And you're not sure you can wait.
So I promise, it won't always be like this.
You say, "It's always the same."
We're falling apart if you think so
I'm holding on even if you let go.
Take all of your doubts,
You can throw 'em out.
You may be unsure, but I know
I'm always coming back.
You can bet on that,
You're the only place I call home.
Near or far, where you are is where I want to be.
Every lonely night,
Every drunken fight,
Gonna make it right, I know.
If it hurts you bad,
Put it on my tab,
I can pay it back tenfold.
You're the only place I've ever called my home.
If I had my way
You'd fill these empty beds.
Someday I'll come back for you
And never leave again.
Take all of your doubts,
You can throw 'em out.
You may be unsure, but I know
I'm always coming back.
You can bet on that,
You're the only place I call home.
Near or far, where you are is where I want to be.
Every lonely night,
Every drunken fight,
Gonna make it right, I know.
If it hurts you bad,
Put it on my tab,
I can pay it back tenfold.
You're the only place I've ever called my home.
Lyrics submitted by aspacetogrow
Only Place I Call Home Lyrics as written by James Francis Deeghan Michael Joseph Govaere
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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