"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.
I left my gal in Kansas City,
Left her cryin' in the rain,
I told her that I made my mind up,
I didn't want to see her again.
What makes the night so lonely?
What makes the night so long?
Why I guess its just because I'm a man,
That's done a good woman wrong.
I can't eat...
I can't sleep....
All I can do is cry.
All I can do is cry.
I told her that she was a driver,
Told her that she played around,
But I was just a lying man,
Tryin' to hide the tracks she had found.
Gonna catch myself a flyer,
One that's Kansas City bound,
I'm goin' lookin' for my baby,
Good lord I hope she's still around.
I can't eat
I can't sleep
All I can do is cry
All I can do is cry
I can't eat
I can't sleep
All I can do is cry
All I can do is cry
Left her cryin' in the rain,
I told her that I made my mind up,
I didn't want to see her again.
What makes the night so lonely?
What makes the night so long?
Why I guess its just because I'm a man,
That's done a good woman wrong.
I can't eat...
I can't sleep....
All I can do is cry.
All I can do is cry.
I told her that she was a driver,
Told her that she played around,
But I was just a lying man,
Tryin' to hide the tracks she had found.
Gonna catch myself a flyer,
One that's Kansas City bound,
I'm goin' lookin' for my baby,
Good lord I hope she's still around.
I can't eat
I can't sleep
All I can do is cry
All I can do is cry
I can't eat
I can't sleep
All I can do is cry
All I can do is cry
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All I Can Do Is Cry Lyrics as written by Wayne P. Walker
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