"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.
As the tears roll down my face
Lost in memories
Time won't ever erase
I can't help but think of
Endless nights of sweet love we made
And I, and I don't think I'll ever get you out of my mind
And I don't know what I'm gonna do
Or what it's gonna take to get over you
Letting you go
It's the hardest thing I've ever done
Watchin' you turn and walk away
Meybe in time I'll find the pain will all be gone
Letting you go
Wishing I could make you stay
Looking at you one last time
How I long to hear you say
Let's give it one more try
But I know you're going
Trying to stop my tears from showing
And I, how can I sleep, how can I, live without
The one who's still holdin' my heart
The one that I still need right here in my arms
Letting you go
It's the hardest thing I've ever done
Watchin' you turn and walk away
Meybe in time I'll find the pain will all be gone
Letting you go
Wishing I could make you stay
Out in the rain
Out in the cold
Out in the cold
Oh baby you're still the one
That I need to hold
I'm letting you go
Letting you go
It's the hardest thing I've ever done
Watchin' you turn and walk away
Meybe in time I'll find the pain will all be gone
Letting you go
Wishing I could make you stay (rpt to fade)
Lost in memories
Time won't ever erase
I can't help but think of
Endless nights of sweet love we made
And I, and I don't think I'll ever get you out of my mind
And I don't know what I'm gonna do
Or what it's gonna take to get over you
Letting you go
It's the hardest thing I've ever done
Watchin' you turn and walk away
Meybe in time I'll find the pain will all be gone
Letting you go
Wishing I could make you stay
Looking at you one last time
How I long to hear you say
Let's give it one more try
But I know you're going
Trying to stop my tears from showing
And I, how can I sleep, how can I, live without
The one who's still holdin' my heart
The one that I still need right here in my arms
Letting you go
It's the hardest thing I've ever done
Watchin' you turn and walk away
Meybe in time I'll find the pain will all be gone
Letting you go
Wishing I could make you stay
Out in the rain
Out in the cold
Out in the cold
Oh baby you're still the one
That I need to hold
I'm letting you go
Letting you go
It's the hardest thing I've ever done
Watchin' you turn and walk away
Meybe in time I'll find the pain will all be gone
Letting you go
Wishing I could make you stay (rpt to fade)
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Letting You Go Lyrics as written by Brian Mcknight Diane Warren
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Realsongs
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