"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.
I feel like getting out of here
I feel like giving up
I give my best and you punch and you kick me
Then you tell me that I ain't enough
Everybody know what's gonna happen
Everybody know what's in store
I give you everything that you ask me
Now I just can't give it anymore
[Chorus]
Over and over and over and over
What kind a spell have you got me in
Over and over and over and over
What kind a spell have you got me in
Under the gun
Out of my mind
I lost my brain
And that's just fine
I'm just a fool
No it ain't cool
But I am still in love with you
I don't know why I'm getting so angry
I just know that I'm getting bored
After all the crap that's happened
I hear my heart break & it's knocking at the door
[Chorus]
Open your eyes
Hey lighten up
You look like nails
But you ain't that tough
You got what you want
Cause I'm still here
No I ain't going anywhere
Under the gun
Out of my mind
I lost my brain
And that's just fine
I'm just a fool
No it ain't cool
But I am still in love with you
Over and over and over and over
What kind a spell have you got me under
Over and over and over and over
What kind a spell have you got meâ?¦
I feel like giving up
I give my best and you punch and you kick me
Then you tell me that I ain't enough
Everybody know what's gonna happen
Everybody know what's in store
I give you everything that you ask me
Now I just can't give it anymore
[Chorus]
Over and over and over and over
What kind a spell have you got me in
Over and over and over and over
What kind a spell have you got me in
Under the gun
Out of my mind
I lost my brain
And that's just fine
I'm just a fool
No it ain't cool
But I am still in love with you
I don't know why I'm getting so angry
I just know that I'm getting bored
After all the crap that's happened
I hear my heart break & it's knocking at the door
[Chorus]
Open your eyes
Hey lighten up
You look like nails
But you ain't that tough
You got what you want
Cause I'm still here
No I ain't going anywhere
Under the gun
Out of my mind
I lost my brain
And that's just fine
I'm just a fool
No it ain't cool
But I am still in love with you
Over and over and over and over
What kind a spell have you got me under
Over and over and over and over
What kind a spell have you got meâ?¦
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Over and Over Lyrics as written by Fred Le Blanc Pat Green
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