"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've no number if you want to call
Massif Centrale
There's an ivy crawling on my gate
I stay up late
Sleep in gardens where I play my lute
Where I laid my roots
Now the clock is stopping faithfully
She's taking me
Monsieurs at nine
That is my promise
Have some wine
Please don't run away
Madams at nine
Baby, honest
Have some wine
Please don't run away
I thought I?d take a chance
And forget about the states
Yeah, I thought I?d gravitate
To the hills of central France
And so I left the world below
And into the rocks I climbed
Now I'm living in the cold
But I'm looking for the sign
that's the sign
Of her love behavior
Well, that's the sign
That I'm looking for
And I've seen you in the movies
And I've seen you at the store
And if I stare a little more
Well, that's because you move me
And I can see it in your eyes
And I can hear when you talk
Darlin', when I see you walk
You seem so very nice
Well, that's the sign
Of your love behavior
Yeah, that's the sign
That I'm looking for
And that's the sign
Of her love behavior
That's the sign
I'm looking for
It sure is cold here in the summer
I haven't got a number
But the sky is very bright
And the sun is very clear
And I can smell it in the wind
?Cause I guess that it?s the time
And I saw the way you grinned
Yeah, you were giving me the sign
Yeah, that's the sign
Of your love behavior
And that's the sign
That I'm looking for
that's the sign
Of her love behavior
And that's the sign
That I'm looking for
Monsieurs at nine
That is my promise
Have some wine
Please don't run away
Madams at nine
Baby, honest
Have some wine
Please don't run away
No, please don't run away
No, no, please don't run away
Massif Centrale
There's an ivy crawling on my gate
I stay up late
Sleep in gardens where I play my lute
Where I laid my roots
Now the clock is stopping faithfully
She's taking me
Monsieurs at nine
That is my promise
Have some wine
Please don't run away
Madams at nine
Baby, honest
Have some wine
Please don't run away
I thought I?d take a chance
And forget about the states
Yeah, I thought I?d gravitate
To the hills of central France
And so I left the world below
And into the rocks I climbed
Now I'm living in the cold
But I'm looking for the sign
that's the sign
Of her love behavior
Well, that's the sign
That I'm looking for
And I've seen you in the movies
And I've seen you at the store
And if I stare a little more
Well, that's because you move me
And I can see it in your eyes
And I can hear when you talk
Darlin', when I see you walk
You seem so very nice
Well, that's the sign
Of your love behavior
Yeah, that's the sign
That I'm looking for
And that's the sign
Of her love behavior
That's the sign
I'm looking for
It sure is cold here in the summer
I haven't got a number
But the sky is very bright
And the sun is very clear
And I can smell it in the wind
?Cause I guess that it?s the time
And I saw the way you grinned
Yeah, you were giving me the sign
Yeah, that's the sign
Of your love behavior
And that's the sign
That I'm looking for
that's the sign
Of her love behavior
And that's the sign
That I'm looking for
Monsieurs at nine
That is my promise
Have some wine
Please don't run away
Madams at nine
Baby, honest
Have some wine
Please don't run away
No, please don't run away
No, no, please don't run away
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Massif Centrale Lyrics as written by Charles Thompson
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