"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.
They got a lot of girls
Who know they got it goin' on
But nothing's ever a comparison to you
Now can't you see
That you're the only one I really want
And everything I need,
Is everything you do?
Any girl walk by, don't matter
'Cause you're lookin' so much better
Don't ever need to get
Caught up in jealously
She could be a super-model
Every magazine, the cover
She'll never, ever mean a thing to me
She's no you, oh no
You give me more than I could ever want
She's no you, oh no
I'm satisfied with the one I've got
'Cause you're all the girl
That I ever dreamed
She's only a picture on a magazine
She's no you, she's no you
They got a lot of girls
Who dance in all the videos
But I prefer the way you do,
The way you move
You're more than beautiful
And I just want to let you know
That all I ever need
Is what I've got with you
Any girl walk by, don't matter
Every time you're looking better
I think you're perfect
There ain't nothin' I would change
She could be a super-model
Every magazine, the cover
She'll never, ever take my heart away
She's no you, oh no
You give me more than I could ever want
She's no you, oh no
I'm satisfied with the one I've got
'Cause you're all the girl
That I ever dreamed
She's only a picture on a magazine
She's no you, she's no you
No one's ever gonna get to me
Oh, the way you do,
Now baby can't you see,
That you're the one, the only one
Who's ever made me feel this way?
Nothing's ever coming even close
No, no one's ever been comparable to you
I don't want nothin' I don't got
I don't need nothin' but you
I can't get more than you're giving me
Don't stop anything you do
You're all that, all that, and then some
You know what, just what I need
And no girl, no place, nowhere
Could mean a thing to me
She's no you, oh no
You give me more than I could ever want
She's no you, oh no
I'm satisfied with the one I've got
'Cause you're all the girl
That I ever dreamed
She's only a picture on a magazine
She's no you, (she's no you girl)
She's no you
She's no you (They got a lot of girls who know they got it goin' on)
You give me more than I could ever want
She's no you (Now can't you see that you're the only one I really want)
I'm satisfied with the one I've got
'Cause you're all the girl
That I ever dreamed
She's only a picture on a magazine
She's no you, (she's no you girl)
She's no you
Who know they got it goin' on
But nothing's ever a comparison to you
Now can't you see
That you're the only one I really want
And everything I need,
Is everything you do?
Any girl walk by, don't matter
'Cause you're lookin' so much better
Don't ever need to get
Caught up in jealously
She could be a super-model
Every magazine, the cover
She'll never, ever mean a thing to me
She's no you, oh no
You give me more than I could ever want
She's no you, oh no
I'm satisfied with the one I've got
'Cause you're all the girl
That I ever dreamed
She's only a picture on a magazine
She's no you, she's no you
They got a lot of girls
Who dance in all the videos
But I prefer the way you do,
The way you move
You're more than beautiful
And I just want to let you know
That all I ever need
Is what I've got with you
Any girl walk by, don't matter
Every time you're looking better
I think you're perfect
There ain't nothin' I would change
She could be a super-model
Every magazine, the cover
She'll never, ever take my heart away
She's no you, oh no
You give me more than I could ever want
She's no you, oh no
I'm satisfied with the one I've got
'Cause you're all the girl
That I ever dreamed
She's only a picture on a magazine
She's no you, she's no you
No one's ever gonna get to me
Oh, the way you do,
Now baby can't you see,
That you're the one, the only one
Who's ever made me feel this way?
Nothing's ever coming even close
No, no one's ever been comparable to you
I don't want nothin' I don't got
I don't need nothin' but you
I can't get more than you're giving me
Don't stop anything you do
You're all that, all that, and then some
You know what, just what I need
And no girl, no place, nowhere
Could mean a thing to me
She's no you, oh no
You give me more than I could ever want
She's no you, oh no
I'm satisfied with the one I've got
'Cause you're all the girl
That I ever dreamed
She's only a picture on a magazine
She's no you, (she's no you girl)
She's no you
She's no you (They got a lot of girls who know they got it goin' on)
You give me more than I could ever want
She's no you (Now can't you see that you're the only one I really want)
I'm satisfied with the one I've got
'Cause you're all the girl
That I ever dreamed
She's only a picture on a magazine
She's no you, (she's no you girl)
She's no you
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She's No You Lyrics as written by Jesse Mccartney Matthew Gerrard
Lyrics © Walt Disney Music Company, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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