"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.
thug niggas
drug dealers
y'all so caught in the game
you scared of love
what's that??
I was thinkin
you the one for me
I was hopin
you would set me free
how silly am I
how silly I am
you're not an angel
you're just a man
but I
I understand
you make me cry
and I smile when I can
this evil game
such a shame
lately
its all the same
you say it hurts too much to want me
that's what you say
it hurts to keep me
that's what you say
hurts too much to hold me
that's what you say
but if it hurts so bad to love me
tell me why you stay...
why..
I say I say
tell me why
I say I say
tell me why
why I'm lookin
deep into your eyes
I see perfection
I can't say goodbye
how strong is our love
this world is so cold
you sometimes act
like my tears ain't worth yo gold..
every time you leave
it hurts inside
still I let you go free
this twisted game
such a shame
lately its all the same
You say it hurts too much to want me
that's what you say
it hurts to keep me
that's what you say
hurts too much to hold me
that's what you say
but if it hurts so bad to love me
tell me why you stay...
why..
I say I say
tell me why
I say I say
tell me why
I never ment to fall in love with you
You lived a life and played the game of fool
You promised me that you would never leave
now baby look at what you're doin to me..
You say.. you say.. you say..
I say .. I say .. I say..
You say .. I say.. you say..
You say it hurts too much to want me
that's what you say
it hurts to keep me
that's what you say
hurts too much to hold me
that's what you say
but if it hurts so bad to love me
tell me why you stay...
why..
I say I say
tell me why
I say I say
tell me why
I'ma keep you
yes I do
I need you
yes I do
gon keep you..if its the last thing I do..
I love I love I love I love you baby..
I love I love I love I love you baby..
I love you baby
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