"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.
You and your beautiful eyes
That tell such wonderful lies
When you start that hocus pocus
Boing, things get out of focus
You and the way that you kiss
They ought to give you a prize
Baby you could make a statue
Come to life just lookin' at you
Gee, but your beautiful
Oh, but your beautiful
You and your beautiful eyes
You
You're so observant
And your beautiful eyes
But so unnervin'
That tell
This line you're sellin'
Such beautiful lies
May start my head a-swelling
When
Tell me some more
You start that hocus pocus
Jumping Jimminy Crickets!
Boing, things get out of focus
Well, talk about you
Well, honey, please do
And the way that you kiss
Do it like this
They oughtta stage a big parade, give you a prize
Your lips, lets try 'em on for size
Oh baby, you could make a statue
Come to life just lookin' at you
Don't stop
Gee, but you're beautiful
Don't stop
Oh, but they're beautiful
Oh, you and your beautiful eyes
So big
So bright
So wide
Yes, you and your beautiful eyes
That tell such wonderful lies
When you start that hocus pocus
Boing, things get out of focus
You and the way that you kiss
They ought to give you a prize
Baby you could make a statue
Come to life just lookin' at you
Gee, but your beautiful
Oh, but your beautiful
You and your beautiful eyes
You
You're so observant
And your beautiful eyes
But so unnervin'
That tell
This line you're sellin'
Such beautiful lies
May start my head a-swelling
When
Tell me some more
You start that hocus pocus
Jumping Jimminy Crickets!
Boing, things get out of focus
Well, talk about you
Well, honey, please do
And the way that you kiss
Do it like this
They oughtta stage a big parade, give you a prize
Your lips, lets try 'em on for size
Oh baby, you could make a statue
Come to life just lookin' at you
Don't stop
Gee, but you're beautiful
Don't stop
Oh, but they're beautiful
Oh, you and your beautiful eyes
So big
So bright
So wide
Yes, you and your beautiful eyes
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You and Your Beautiful Eyes Lyrics as written by Mack David Jerry Livingston
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