"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.
Doggone I've done it, I've fallen in love
Doggone, it hit me from heaven up above
The day I met him, my, I knew I was gone
My heart went kerplunk oh, boy I was sunk
Doggone I've done it, I fell with a thud
It must be springtime 'cos it's in my blood
Mr. Cupid sneaked behind and gave me a shove
Doggone I've done it, I've fallen in love, oh you dove!
I don't use strong expressions
I'm known for my repression
Nobody ever heard me swear
But something's gone and changed me
It's really disarranged me
I'm cuttin' loose and I don't care
Doggone I've done it, I've fallen in love
Doggone, it hit me from heaven above
The day I met him I just knew I was gone
Heart went kerplunk, oh boy I was sunk
Doggone I've done it, I fell with a thud
It must be springtime 'cos it's in my blood
Mr. Cupid sneaked behind and gave me a shove
Doggone I've done it, I've fallen in love.
Doggone I've done it I've fallen in love
Doggone, it hit me from heaven above
Day I met him I knew I was gone
Heart went kerplunk, oh boy I was sunk
Doggone I've done it I fell with a thud
It must be springtime 'cos it's in my blood
Mr. Cupid gave me a shove
Doggone I've done it, I've fallen in love.
Doggone, it hit me from heaven up above
The day I met him, my, I knew I was gone
My heart went kerplunk oh, boy I was sunk
Doggone I've done it, I fell with a thud
It must be springtime 'cos it's in my blood
Mr. Cupid sneaked behind and gave me a shove
Doggone I've done it, I've fallen in love, oh you dove!
I don't use strong expressions
I'm known for my repression
Nobody ever heard me swear
But something's gone and changed me
It's really disarranged me
I'm cuttin' loose and I don't care
Doggone I've done it, I've fallen in love
Doggone, it hit me from heaven above
The day I met him I just knew I was gone
Heart went kerplunk, oh boy I was sunk
Doggone I've done it, I fell with a thud
It must be springtime 'cos it's in my blood
Mr. Cupid sneaked behind and gave me a shove
Doggone I've done it, I've fallen in love.
Doggone I've done it I've fallen in love
Doggone, it hit me from heaven above
Day I met him I knew I was gone
Heart went kerplunk, oh boy I was sunk
Doggone I've done it I fell with a thud
It must be springtime 'cos it's in my blood
Mr. Cupid gave me a shove
Doggone I've done it, I've fallen in love.
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Doggone, I've Done It Lyrics as written by Dave Franklin
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