"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.
Every little kiss I tend to hold
Precious in my heart you've turned to gold
Love's not the word to explain
Just how I feel
It seemed like a dream but I'm wide-awake
And like the earth inside it made me shake
Like a summer fairytale, but it was real
You set off a brand new kind of spark inside of me
And I wouldn't leave your lips even to breathe
Chorus:
The first time I saw you, you were lighting up the sky
Like bright flashing fireworks on the 4th of July
I won't forget and I don't regret
Losing my myself deep inside of your eyes
That night I'll remember for the rest of my life
I cherish all the moments that we spent
I only wish it never had to end
I can take a journey in my mind to yesterday
I'll use the moon and stars to guide me there
A place so far away but yet so near
Just to hold you one more time, I'd be ok
You set off a brand new kind of spark inside of me
And I wouldn't leave your lips even to breathe
Chorus:
The first time I saw you, you were lighting up the sky
Like bright flashing fireworks on the 4th of July
I won't forget and I don't regret
Losing my myself deep inside of your eyes
That night I'll remember for the rest of my life
I feel I left my world, my life, my breath behind
But I know the sun will shine through
Cause I know that again I'll see you
This can't be goodbye
We'll meet again on the 4th of July
Chorus:
The first time I saw you, you were lighting up the sky
Like bright flashing fireworks on the 4th of July
I won't forget and I don't regret
Losing my myself deep inside of your eyes
That night I'll remember for the rest of my life
Precious in my heart you've turned to gold
Love's not the word to explain
Just how I feel
It seemed like a dream but I'm wide-awake
And like the earth inside it made me shake
Like a summer fairytale, but it was real
You set off a brand new kind of spark inside of me
And I wouldn't leave your lips even to breathe
Chorus:
The first time I saw you, you were lighting up the sky
Like bright flashing fireworks on the 4th of July
I won't forget and I don't regret
Losing my myself deep inside of your eyes
That night I'll remember for the rest of my life
I cherish all the moments that we spent
I only wish it never had to end
I can take a journey in my mind to yesterday
I'll use the moon and stars to guide me there
A place so far away but yet so near
Just to hold you one more time, I'd be ok
You set off a brand new kind of spark inside of me
And I wouldn't leave your lips even to breathe
Chorus:
The first time I saw you, you were lighting up the sky
Like bright flashing fireworks on the 4th of July
I won't forget and I don't regret
Losing my myself deep inside of your eyes
That night I'll remember for the rest of my life
I feel I left my world, my life, my breath behind
But I know the sun will shine through
Cause I know that again I'll see you
This can't be goodbye
We'll meet again on the 4th of July
Chorus:
The first time I saw you, you were lighting up the sky
Like bright flashing fireworks on the 4th of July
I won't forget and I don't regret
Losing my myself deep inside of your eyes
That night I'll remember for the rest of my life
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