"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.
Most people live on a lonely island
Lost in the middle of a foggy sea
Most people long for another island
One where they know they will like to be
Bali Ha'i may call you
Any night, any day
In your heart, you'll hear it call you
"Come away, come away"
Bali Ha'i will whisper
In the wind of the sea
"Here am I, your special island!
Come to me, come to me"
Your own special hopes,
Your own special dreams,
Bloom on the hillside
And shine in the streams
If you try, you'll find me
Where the sky meets the sea
"Here am I, your special island
Come to me, come to me"
Bali Ha'i,
Bali Ha'i,
Bali Ha'i!
Someday you'll see me floatin' in the sunshine
My head stickin' out from a low-flyin' cloud
You'll hear me call you,
Singin' through the sunshine
Sweet and clear as can be
"Come to me, here am I, come to me"
If you try, you'll find me
Where the sky meets the sea
"Here am I, your special island
Come to me, Come to me"
Bali Ha'i
Bali Ha'i
Bali Ha'i
Lost in the middle of a foggy sea
Most people long for another island
One where they know they will like to be
Bali Ha'i may call you
Any night, any day
In your heart, you'll hear it call you
"Come away, come away"
Bali Ha'i will whisper
In the wind of the sea
"Here am I, your special island!
Come to me, come to me"
Your own special hopes,
Your own special dreams,
Bloom on the hillside
And shine in the streams
If you try, you'll find me
Where the sky meets the sea
"Here am I, your special island
Come to me, come to me"
Bali Ha'i,
Bali Ha'i,
Bali Ha'i!
Someday you'll see me floatin' in the sunshine
My head stickin' out from a low-flyin' cloud
You'll hear me call you,
Singin' through the sunshine
Sweet and clear as can be
"Come to me, here am I, come to me"
If you try, you'll find me
Where the sky meets the sea
"Here am I, your special island
Come to me, Come to me"
Bali Ha'i
Bali Ha'i
Bali Ha'i
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Bali Ha'i Lyrics as written by Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Lyrics © Kanjian Music, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Peermusic Publishing
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