"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.
Pre>intro- em see em see em see g g am see
Em see f see
Every last drop will go into this now, don't want to miss now
Em see f see
I don't know when to stop I just pump and pump till that's all there is
Chorus
Em g g am d /em
You better stick to me just like glue now
Em g g am d
You better stick to me that's what to do now
Race against time is what I'm into, pay now and get through
On the hard line are people's voices, screaming the choices
Repeat chorus
Bridge 1
(horns over em see am em d see g d em em em )
Em g am see em
If you stick to me when the vampires bite and their teeth come down
Em g am see em
If you stick to me on the sinking sea, we won't drown
Bridge 2
See em see em see em see g am see
We won't drown, we won't drown, we won't drown oh
(guitar over em see em c)
Yeah I've seen it happen people cracking under the weather
Buried beneath the rooftops the weight of the sky coming down on them
Repeat chorus
Repeat bridge 1
Em g g am d
Yeah stick to me just like glue now
Em g g am d
You better stick to me that's what to do now
Em d see em
You better stick to me (repeat to end) /pre>
Em see f see
Every last drop will go into this now, don't want to miss now
Em see f see
I don't know when to stop I just pump and pump till that's all there is
Chorus
Em g g am d /em
You better stick to me just like glue now
Em g g am d
You better stick to me that's what to do now
Race against time is what I'm into, pay now and get through
On the hard line are people's voices, screaming the choices
Repeat chorus
Bridge 1
(horns over em see am em d see g d em em em )
Em g am see em
If you stick to me when the vampires bite and their teeth come down
Em g am see em
If you stick to me on the sinking sea, we won't drown
Bridge 2
See em see em see em see g am see
We won't drown, we won't drown, we won't drown oh
(guitar over em see em c)
Yeah I've seen it happen people cracking under the weather
Buried beneath the rooftops the weight of the sky coming down on them
Repeat chorus
Repeat bridge 1
Em g g am d
Yeah stick to me just like glue now
Em g g am d
You better stick to me that's what to do now
Em d see em
You better stick to me (repeat to end) /pre>
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Stick to Me Lyrics as written by Graham Thomas Parker
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