"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.
Everytime I get to see you I get this feeling it's so fuzzy inside
And as soon as I walk away from you
I'm still tasting your kiss saving it in my mind
Its not everyday I find
A guy that makes me smile all the time
Not the way that you do
Because I thought I used to love
Compared to you that don't match up
They've got nothin' on you
I think I found a good good good good love
The kind that will put it on you
The kind that you wanna hold onto
I think I found a good good good good love
We can be lovers and friends too
And they'll do anything for you good love
Baby you've got something special
That has me thinking of settling down
You're the one my mamma told me
That would sooner or later one day finally come around
I think I found a good good good good love
The kind that will put it on you
The kind that you wanna hold onto
I think I found a good good good good love
We can be lovers and friends too
And they'll do anything for you good love
I think I found a good good good good love
The kind that will put it on you
The kind that you wanna hold onto
I think I found a good good good good love
We can be lovers and friends too
And they'll do anything for you good love
You bring me joy
And you bring me much pleasure
I can't ever see myself leaving you ever
Your love just feels soo good
That it can't get no better
You have bot my mind so caught up
I'm drunk off of your good love oh yeah!
I think I found a good good good good love
The kind that will put it on you
The kind that you wanna hold onto
I think I found a good good good good love
We can be lovers and friends too
And they'll do anything for you good love
On Too!
I Love you you you you
I think I found a good good good good love
The kind that will put it on you
The kind that you wanna hold onto
I think I found a good good good good love
We can be lovers and friends too
And they'll do anything for you good love
And as soon as I walk away from you
I'm still tasting your kiss saving it in my mind
Its not everyday I find
A guy that makes me smile all the time
Not the way that you do
Because I thought I used to love
Compared to you that don't match up
They've got nothin' on you
I think I found a good good good good love
The kind that will put it on you
The kind that you wanna hold onto
I think I found a good good good good love
We can be lovers and friends too
And they'll do anything for you good love
Baby you've got something special
That has me thinking of settling down
You're the one my mamma told me
That would sooner or later one day finally come around
I think I found a good good good good love
The kind that will put it on you
The kind that you wanna hold onto
I think I found a good good good good love
We can be lovers and friends too
And they'll do anything for you good love
I think I found a good good good good love
The kind that will put it on you
The kind that you wanna hold onto
I think I found a good good good good love
We can be lovers and friends too
And they'll do anything for you good love
You bring me joy
And you bring me much pleasure
I can't ever see myself leaving you ever
Your love just feels soo good
That it can't get no better
You have bot my mind so caught up
I'm drunk off of your good love oh yeah!
I think I found a good good good good love
The kind that will put it on you
The kind that you wanna hold onto
I think I found a good good good good love
We can be lovers and friends too
And they'll do anything for you good love
On Too!
I Love you you you you
I think I found a good good good good love
The kind that will put it on you
The kind that you wanna hold onto
I think I found a good good good good love
We can be lovers and friends too
And they'll do anything for you good love
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