"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 don't know that I felt good
When we up and parted
You don't know I knocked on wood
Gladly, broken hearted
Worrying is through, I sleep all night
Appetite and health restored
You don't know how much we're bored
The sleepless nights, the daily fights
The quick toboggan when you reach the heights
I miss the kisses and I miss the bites
I wish I were in love again
The broken dates, the endless waits
The lovely loving and the hateful hates
The conversation with the flying plates
I wish I were in love again
No more pain
No more strain
Now I'm sane
But I would rather be ga, ga
The pulled out fur of cat and cur
The fine mis-mating of a him and her
We've learned our lesson
And we wish we were in love again
The furtive sigh, the blackened eye
The words, "I'll love you 'til the day I die"
The self deception that believes the lie
I wish I were in love again
When love congeals, it soon reveals
The faint aroma of performing seals
The double crossing of a pair of heels
I wish I were in love again
No more care
No despair
I'm all there now
But I'd rather be punch drunk
Believe me sir, I much prefer
The classic battle of a him and her
We don't like quiet and we wish we were in love again
When we up and parted
You don't know I knocked on wood
Gladly, broken hearted
Worrying is through, I sleep all night
Appetite and health restored
You don't know how much we're bored
The sleepless nights, the daily fights
The quick toboggan when you reach the heights
I miss the kisses and I miss the bites
I wish I were in love again
The broken dates, the endless waits
The lovely loving and the hateful hates
The conversation with the flying plates
I wish I were in love again
No more pain
No more strain
Now I'm sane
But I would rather be ga, ga
The pulled out fur of cat and cur
The fine mis-mating of a him and her
We've learned our lesson
And we wish we were in love again
The furtive sigh, the blackened eye
The words, "I'll love you 'til the day I die"
The self deception that believes the lie
I wish I were in love again
When love congeals, it soon reveals
The faint aroma of performing seals
The double crossing of a pair of heels
I wish I were in love again
No more care
No despair
I'm all there now
But I'd rather be punch drunk
Believe me sir, I much prefer
The classic battle of a him and her
We don't like quiet and we wish we were in love again
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I Wish I Were in Love Again Lyrics as written by Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart
Lyrics © Kanjian Music, Universal Music Publishing Group, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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