"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.
One year after the rings and a west coast honeymoon
We are living in a rented house with a terrible view
You’re finishing school and I’m writing songs
We’ve got no money but our love is strong
I’m gonna love you always
Even on the not so sunny days
Through the good and the bad
Baby, I still do
‘Cause it’s always only you
One day maybe you’ll be a mom and I’ll be a dad
But right now, baby just kiss me and let’s not think about that
‘Cause we’re too busy planning cheap dates
We’re rentin’ old movies and staying up late
I’m gonna love you always
Even on the not so sunny days
Through the good and the bad
Baby, I still do
‘Cause it’s always only you
Do you remember the first time you held my hand
I’m sure I would have liked that concert, but I wasn’t watching the band
I’m gonna love you always
Even on the not so sunny days
Through the good and the bad
Baby, I still do
I do love you, and I mean always
And I know they won’t all be sunny days
But I meant what I said when I said I do
‘Cause it’s always only, just you and me
Always only you
We are living in a rented house with a terrible view
You’re finishing school and I’m writing songs
We’ve got no money but our love is strong
I’m gonna love you always
Even on the not so sunny days
Through the good and the bad
Baby, I still do
‘Cause it’s always only you
One day maybe you’ll be a mom and I’ll be a dad
But right now, baby just kiss me and let’s not think about that
‘Cause we’re too busy planning cheap dates
We’re rentin’ old movies and staying up late
I’m gonna love you always
Even on the not so sunny days
Through the good and the bad
Baby, I still do
‘Cause it’s always only you
Do you remember the first time you held my hand
I’m sure I would have liked that concert, but I wasn’t watching the band
I’m gonna love you always
Even on the not so sunny days
Through the good and the bad
Baby, I still do
I do love you, and I mean always
And I know they won’t all be sunny days
But I meant what I said when I said I do
‘Cause it’s always only, just you and me
Always only you
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Always Only You Lyrics as written by Josh Wilson Jeff Pardo
Lyrics © Capitol CMG Publishing
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