"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.
Ladadadadadadadau (3x)
Don't you see the way that I feel
Better start believin' it's real
It ain't just that you broke the seal
I don't see why I could be near you
Oh an' I guess I don't have to say
That there we're some days when I prayed
You would be a-stoppin' to play
'cause I need man who can be true
( I need a man who can be true)
Love don't last forever
An' I think some won't see it ever
Better we won't stay together
For just another day
You're nothing better than a fool
An' you have really made me blue
That's why I'm leavin', sugar
Anyway I'll leave you behind
I don't want a love of that kind
An' I just don't care when you mind
Losin' you means to me to be free
Hey you have not just cherished enough
All you got receivin' my love
So I'll make this trip really rough
'cause I need a man who can stay true
(I need a man who can be true)
Love don't last forever
An' I think some won't see it ever
Better we won't stay together
For just another day
You're nothing better than a fool
An' you have really made me blue
That's why I'm leavin', sugar
Love don't last forever
An' I think some won't see it ever
Better we won't stay together
For just another day
(You're nothing better than a fool
An' you have really made me blue
That's why I'm leavin', sugar)
You're nothing better than a fool
An' you have really made me blue
Don't you see the way that I feel
Better start believin' it's real
It ain't just that you broke the seal
I don't see why I could be near you
Oh an' I guess I don't have to say
That there we're some days when I prayed
You would be a-stoppin' to play
'cause I need man who can be true
( I need a man who can be true)
Love don't last forever
An' I think some won't see it ever
Better we won't stay together
For just another day
You're nothing better than a fool
An' you have really made me blue
That's why I'm leavin', sugar
Anyway I'll leave you behind
I don't want a love of that kind
An' I just don't care when you mind
Losin' you means to me to be free
Hey you have not just cherished enough
All you got receivin' my love
So I'll make this trip really rough
'cause I need a man who can stay true
(I need a man who can be true)
Love don't last forever
An' I think some won't see it ever
Better we won't stay together
For just another day
You're nothing better than a fool
An' you have really made me blue
That's why I'm leavin', sugar
Love don't last forever
An' I think some won't see it ever
Better we won't stay together
For just another day
(You're nothing better than a fool
An' you have really made me blue
That's why I'm leavin', sugar)
You're nothing better than a fool
An' you have really made me blue
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