"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.
My shattered dreams and broken heart
Are mending on the shelf
I saw you, holding hands
Standing close to someone else
Still I sit, all alone
Wishing all my feelings gone
I give my best to you
Nothing for me to do
But have one last cry
One last cry
Before I leave it all behind
I gotta put you out of my mind
This time
Believe that I
I guess I'm down to one last cry
[Cry...]
I was here, you were there
Guess we never could agree
While the sun shines on you
I need some love to wait for me
Still I sit, all alone
Wishing all my feelings gone
Gotta get over you [Gotta get over you]
Nothing for me to do [Yeah..]
But have one last cry
One last cry
Before I leave it all behind
I gotta put you out of my mind
This time..
Believe that I
I know I've gotta be strong
'cause my whole life goes on and on
And on.. and on.... [Oh..]
I'm gonna dry my eyes
Right after I have my
One last cry..
One last cry
Before I leave it all behind
I gotta put you out of my mind
For the very last time
Believe that I
I guess I'm down, I guess I'm down
I guess I'm down to my last cry..
Are mending on the shelf
I saw you, holding hands
Standing close to someone else
Still I sit, all alone
Wishing all my feelings gone
I give my best to you
Nothing for me to do
But have one last cry
One last cry
Before I leave it all behind
I gotta put you out of my mind
This time
Believe that I
I guess I'm down to one last cry
[Cry...]
I was here, you were there
Guess we never could agree
While the sun shines on you
I need some love to wait for me
Still I sit, all alone
Wishing all my feelings gone
Gotta get over you [Gotta get over you]
Nothing for me to do [Yeah..]
But have one last cry
One last cry
Before I leave it all behind
I gotta put you out of my mind
This time..
Believe that I
I know I've gotta be strong
'cause my whole life goes on and on
And on.. and on.... [Oh..]
I'm gonna dry my eyes
Right after I have my
One last cry..
One last cry
Before I leave it all behind
I gotta put you out of my mind
For the very last time
Believe that I
I guess I'm down, I guess I'm down
I guess I'm down to my last cry..
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One Last Cry Lyrics as written by Melanie Barnes Brian Kelly Mcknight
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