"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.
It's a touch without feelings
It's a kiss without love
It's the faith that we're losin' and the truth that we hide
It's a tear without cryin'
It's a word with no sound
It's my heart full of sorrow and a lover left behind
Keep me from fallin from fallin
(You gotta set me free)
Keep me from cryin from cryin
(And now its clear to see)
I'm leavin I'm leavin
(That it's time to let me be)
Let it slide let it slide
I know it hurts when I say goodbye
But the time has come, let me spread my wings
It's time to let me fly
Let it slide let it slide
I know it hurts when I say goodbye, but the time has come
Let me spread my wings, it's time to let me fly
It's a room full of silence
It's a day without light
Well anger keeps risin', and there's nothing left to say
Put your face at the window
It's the world passing by
And the life that we shared and the love that belonged
Turned to pain along the way
Keep me from fallin' from fallin'
(You gotta set me free)
Keep me from cryin from cryin'
(And now its clear to see)
I'm leavin I'm leavin
(That it's time to let me be)
Let it slide let it slide
I know it hurts when I say goodbye
But the time has come, let me spread my wings
It's time to let me fly
Let it slide let it slide
I know it hurts when I say goodbye, but the time has come
Let me spread my wings, it's time to let me fly
Yeah, yeah
Slide, slide, slide
Come on baby let it slide
Slide slide slide
Come on baby let it slide
Let it slide
I know it hurts when I say goodbye
But the time has come let me spread my wings, time to let me fly
Come on baby let it slide
I know it hurts when I say goodbye
The time has come to let me spread my wings it's time to let me fly
Let it slide let it slide let it slide
I know it hurts when I say goodbye but
The time has come let me spread my wings it's time to let me fly
It's a kiss without love
It's the faith that we're losin' and the truth that we hide
It's a tear without cryin'
It's a word with no sound
It's my heart full of sorrow and a lover left behind
Keep me from fallin from fallin
(You gotta set me free)
Keep me from cryin from cryin
(And now its clear to see)
I'm leavin I'm leavin
(That it's time to let me be)
Let it slide let it slide
I know it hurts when I say goodbye
But the time has come, let me spread my wings
It's time to let me fly
Let it slide let it slide
I know it hurts when I say goodbye, but the time has come
Let me spread my wings, it's time to let me fly
It's a room full of silence
It's a day without light
Well anger keeps risin', and there's nothing left to say
Put your face at the window
It's the world passing by
And the life that we shared and the love that belonged
Turned to pain along the way
Keep me from fallin' from fallin'
(You gotta set me free)
Keep me from cryin from cryin'
(And now its clear to see)
I'm leavin I'm leavin
(That it's time to let me be)
Let it slide let it slide
I know it hurts when I say goodbye
But the time has come, let me spread my wings
It's time to let me fly
Let it slide let it slide
I know it hurts when I say goodbye, but the time has come
Let me spread my wings, it's time to let me fly
Yeah, yeah
Slide, slide, slide
Come on baby let it slide
Slide slide slide
Come on baby let it slide
Let it slide
I know it hurts when I say goodbye
But the time has come let me spread my wings, time to let me fly
Come on baby let it slide
I know it hurts when I say goodbye
The time has come to let me spread my wings it's time to let me fly
Let it slide let it slide let it slide
I know it hurts when I say goodbye but
The time has come let me spread my wings it's time to let me fly
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Let It Slide Lyrics as written by Christian Hamm Alain Bertoni
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