"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.
Now I know
I've seen that look
On your face before
When you realized
All the memories
Walked right out the door..
Now it's eye for an eye
A tooth for a tooth
No more hiding behind the truth
I'm gonna get exactly
What's coming to me
You're gonna break my heart again,
You never let me forget it
You're gonna break my heart again
But, you're gonna live to regret it
Now you say
I took advantage of you
When you never knew the score
But, you should know
We've been this way
One thousand times before
You told me once,
You told me twice
It's down to me, girl
To pay the price
But, this time's the last time
That's for sure.
You're gonna break my heart again,
You never let me forget it
You're gonna break my heart again
But, you're gonna live to regret it
Yes you are
You talk of how our love
Was meant to be
And all the time
You sacrificed for me.
So how could I forget it,
Why should I regret it
'Cause when you told me you loved me
I knew it was lies
So no more crying, no more goodbyes,
'Cause this time's the last time
That's for sure break my heart.
Now you say
There is no one in the world
Can get the better of you
An' you should know
'Cause you never made it easy
With the pain you put me through
I told you once
I told you twice
It's down to you, girl
To pay the price
'Cause this time's the last time
That's for sure.
You're gonna break my heart again,
You never let me forget it
You're gonna break my heart again
But, you're gonna live to regret it
I just can't take anymore,
No more, no more, no more
I've seen that look
On your face before
When you realized
All the memories
Walked right out the door..
Now it's eye for an eye
A tooth for a tooth
No more hiding behind the truth
I'm gonna get exactly
What's coming to me
You're gonna break my heart again,
You never let me forget it
You're gonna break my heart again
But, you're gonna live to regret it
Now you say
I took advantage of you
When you never knew the score
But, you should know
We've been this way
One thousand times before
You told me once,
You told me twice
It's down to me, girl
To pay the price
But, this time's the last time
That's for sure.
You're gonna break my heart again,
You never let me forget it
You're gonna break my heart again
But, you're gonna live to regret it
Yes you are
You talk of how our love
Was meant to be
And all the time
You sacrificed for me.
So how could I forget it,
Why should I regret it
'Cause when you told me you loved me
I knew it was lies
So no more crying, no more goodbyes,
'Cause this time's the last time
That's for sure break my heart.
Now you say
There is no one in the world
Can get the better of you
An' you should know
'Cause you never made it easy
With the pain you put me through
I told you once
I told you twice
It's down to you, girl
To pay the price
'Cause this time's the last time
That's for sure.
You're gonna break my heart again,
You never let me forget it
You're gonna break my heart again
But, you're gonna live to regret it
I just can't take anymore,
No more, no more, no more
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