"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.
Well, I know I'm only 16
But inside you mean the world to me
I know I may be young to you
But there's nothing that I wouldn't do
See, I've had romance
Girl, I'm very smart
I must have learned it much too soon, baby
Because I'm torn apart
And lady you don't
You don't really see me
All you see is a young one
But I love you endlessly
And no other man
Is gonna love you the way I do
'Cause I love you from heart
It don't matter how old I am
If I love you from my heart
It would be easier if you feel the same
When I love you from my heart
I don't understand if I'm a man
What's keepin' us apart?
'Cause' it doesn't matter how old I am
If I love you from my heart
I can see it in your eyes
I feel the way you look at me
And I'm not surprise
'Cause I'm every bit of what you need
So what you gonna do?
You better hurry girl before I'm taken
Games over my love, you lose
'Cause I'm so tired of waiting
Lady, you don't
Lady you (you don't really see me), no you don't see me
All you see is a young one
But I love you endlessly
(And no other man, I really do) no other man is gonna love you
It don't matter girl, how old I am
If I love you from my heart
It would be easier if you feel the same
When I love you from my heart
I don't understand if I'm a man
What's keepin' us apart?
'Cause' it doesn't matter how old I am
If I love you from my heart
Hear me when I say you'll see me baby
Believe me when I say you'll need me too
I don't really care what others think
'Cause I love you, I love you
I'm trying really hard to not break down
I'm hoping soon you'll come around
It doesn't matter baby how old I am
If I love you from my heart
It would be easier if you feel the same
If I love you from my heart
I don't understand if I'm a man
What's keepin' us apart?
'Cause' it doesn't matter how old I am
If I love you from my heart
It don't matter girl, how old I am
If I love you from my heart
It would be easier if you feel the same
When I love you from my heart
I don't understand if I'm a man
What's keepin' us apart?
'Cause' it doesn't matter how old I am
If I love you from my heart
But inside you mean the world to me
I know I may be young to you
But there's nothing that I wouldn't do
See, I've had romance
Girl, I'm very smart
I must have learned it much too soon, baby
Because I'm torn apart
And lady you don't
You don't really see me
All you see is a young one
But I love you endlessly
And no other man
Is gonna love you the way I do
'Cause I love you from heart
It don't matter how old I am
If I love you from my heart
It would be easier if you feel the same
When I love you from my heart
I don't understand if I'm a man
What's keepin' us apart?
'Cause' it doesn't matter how old I am
If I love you from my heart
I can see it in your eyes
I feel the way you look at me
And I'm not surprise
'Cause I'm every bit of what you need
So what you gonna do?
You better hurry girl before I'm taken
Games over my love, you lose
'Cause I'm so tired of waiting
Lady, you don't
Lady you (you don't really see me), no you don't see me
All you see is a young one
But I love you endlessly
(And no other man, I really do) no other man is gonna love you
It don't matter girl, how old I am
If I love you from my heart
It would be easier if you feel the same
When I love you from my heart
I don't understand if I'm a man
What's keepin' us apart?
'Cause' it doesn't matter how old I am
If I love you from my heart
Hear me when I say you'll see me baby
Believe me when I say you'll need me too
I don't really care what others think
'Cause I love you, I love you
I'm trying really hard to not break down
I'm hoping soon you'll come around
It doesn't matter baby how old I am
If I love you from my heart
It would be easier if you feel the same
If I love you from my heart
I don't understand if I'm a man
What's keepin' us apart?
'Cause' it doesn't matter how old I am
If I love you from my heart
It don't matter girl, how old I am
If I love you from my heart
It would be easier if you feel the same
When I love you from my heart
I don't understand if I'm a man
What's keepin' us apart?
'Cause' it doesn't matter how old I am
If I love you from my heart
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Love You from My Heart Lyrics as written by Jason Hess Darrell Spencer
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