"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.
Tonight
The starlight flows into my window
I'm watching the wheels turning round
Tomorrow sleeps
In the same old lonely places
Just an empty dream
Filled with yesterday's faces..
Can you tell me
Where are my memories?
I was a dream on fire
I was a dream on fire, burning for you
I wanna dream on forever with you, boy
But I feel so blue..
Catch my heart
Catch my heart
Don't you leave me here...so alone
Catch my heart yeah
Don't you leave me never, never alone
I can feel it
Falling down
Too long
Too strong
I'd trade all this madness
For your company
When fortune and fame meet
They ask their price
And you pay
Success is the name of the game..
But where are my memories?
I wanna dream on
I wanna dream on
I wanna dream on...with you
Don't you leave me here
Don't you leave me here so alone
Catch my heart
Catch my heart
Don't you leave me here
Don't you leave me here so alone
Catch my heart
Catch my heart
The starlight flows into my window
I'm watching the wheels turning round
Tomorrow sleeps
In the same old lonely places
Just an empty dream
Filled with yesterday's faces..
Can you tell me
Where are my memories?
I was a dream on fire
I was a dream on fire, burning for you
I wanna dream on forever with you, boy
But I feel so blue..
Catch my heart
Catch my heart
Don't you leave me here...so alone
Catch my heart yeah
Don't you leave me never, never alone
I can feel it
Falling down
Too long
Too strong
I'd trade all this madness
For your company
When fortune and fame meet
They ask their price
And you pay
Success is the name of the game..
But where are my memories?
I wanna dream on
I wanna dream on
I wanna dream on...with you
Don't you leave me here
Don't you leave me here so alone
Catch my heart
Catch my heart
Don't you leave me here
Don't you leave me here so alone
Catch my heart
Catch my heart
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Catch My Heart Lyrics as written by Frank Rittel Doro Pesch
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