"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.
Lyrics: G. Gross, C. Capek
Music: G. Gross, C. Capek, G. Raschke
Refrain:
No, nobody does it better than you
Nobody makes me feel like you do
Cause you are the sun that makes my life shine
And you are the love I've always tried to find
I could spend a lifetime
Telling you how bright you shine
And that you're one in a million
I'd give you all my time
And that you're worth more
Than anything that I could ever buy,
If I could, I would give you my life.
So tell me if there's something that you want,
I got it right here.
If there's something that you ask,
I got it right here.
If there's something that you see
That you like
That you feel
That you might need,
I got it right here
And if there's ever something bugging you
Or troubling you,
Then I'll be right there
Hugging you and snuggling you
Until the trouble is trough,
Cause baby girl, we were meant to be
One team
You and me
I can see
Nobody
Filling me with life like you and
Nobody
Who could be my wife like you and
Nobody,
I just want to rise with you to skies so blue
Refrain
You can make a man
Give you all that he's got,
And baby
You can make a man
Treat you hotter than hot,
And baby
You can make a man
Feel that he's on top.
He'll never stop treating you right,
No, he'll never stop, no
I'll spend the rest of my life
Giving you diamonds and pearls
Giving you my whole world, my girl.
And even more, I'll give you
Things that money can't buy.
My friendship,
My time,
My love,
My life
Nobody filling me with life like you and
Nobody who could be my wife like you and
Nobody, I just want to rise with you to skies so blue
Refrain
I need nothing but you
All day and night
And I know that us two
Can make it right
I want you to be by my side
Refrain 2x
Music: G. Gross, C. Capek, G. Raschke
Refrain:
No, nobody does it better than you
Nobody makes me feel like you do
Cause you are the sun that makes my life shine
And you are the love I've always tried to find
I could spend a lifetime
Telling you how bright you shine
And that you're one in a million
I'd give you all my time
And that you're worth more
Than anything that I could ever buy,
If I could, I would give you my life.
So tell me if there's something that you want,
I got it right here.
If there's something that you ask,
I got it right here.
If there's something that you see
That you like
That you feel
That you might need,
I got it right here
And if there's ever something bugging you
Or troubling you,
Then I'll be right there
Hugging you and snuggling you
Until the trouble is trough,
Cause baby girl, we were meant to be
One team
You and me
I can see
Nobody
Filling me with life like you and
Nobody
Who could be my wife like you and
Nobody,
I just want to rise with you to skies so blue
Refrain
You can make a man
Give you all that he's got,
And baby
You can make a man
Treat you hotter than hot,
And baby
You can make a man
Feel that he's on top.
He'll never stop treating you right,
No, he'll never stop, no
I'll spend the rest of my life
Giving you diamonds and pearls
Giving you my whole world, my girl.
And even more, I'll give you
Things that money can't buy.
My friendship,
My time,
My love,
My life
Nobody filling me with life like you and
Nobody who could be my wife like you and
Nobody, I just want to rise with you to skies so blue
Refrain
I need nothing but you
All day and night
And I know that us two
Can make it right
I want you to be by my side
Refrain 2x
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