"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.
Don't let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
Well, I got two tickets to the game
It'd be great if I could take you to it this Sunday
And I'll walk you home when the whole things done
If you're there, I don't even care which team won
We could stop at the coffee shop
And make fun of the cops in the parking lot
We could laugh as we both pretend that we're not in love and that we're just good friends
Well, I'm tired of pretending, but I'm terrified of it ending
I know if not for you there's nothing I could do, to ever let it end
And I know you feel the same way, because you told me drunk on your birthday
And as you pulled me near, whispered in my ear, "Don't ever let it end"
Don't let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
Saturday I'm gonna take her out
'Cause her favorite band is gonna play downtown
Gonna sing the song we've all heard, about those two young friends who should have fell in love
Later on we'll cut through the park
And she can hold my hand 'cause she hates the dark
And we could laugh as we both pretend that we're not in love and that we're just good friends
Well, I'm tired of pretending, but I'm terrified of it ending
I know if not for you there's nothing I could do, to ever let it end
And I know you feel the same way, because you told me drunk on your birthday
And as you pulled me near, whispered in my ear, "Don't ever let it end"
Please promise me that this won't end
Don't let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
Greatest times we ever had, the crazy nights just looking back and laugh
You never know where life's gonna go, 'cause we're the only ones who will ever know
About Sunday night, just her and I
Sitting side by side in the full moon light
I pulled her close just to hold her tight and the both of us could tell it just felt right
She looked at me in the sweetest way
Like should could tell what the hell I was about to say
Must have took a while to find the words 'cause she cut me off and finally said it first
Well, I'm tired of pretending, but I'm terrified of it ending
I know if not for you there's nothing I could do to ever let it end
Yeah, you know I feel the same way, 'cause I told you drunk on my birthday
And as I pulled you near, whispered in your ear, "Don't ever let it end"
Please promise me that this won't end
Don't let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
Please promise that this won't end
Don't let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
Don't let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
Well, I got two tickets to the game
It'd be great if I could take you to it this Sunday
And I'll walk you home when the whole things done
If you're there, I don't even care which team won
We could stop at the coffee shop
And make fun of the cops in the parking lot
We could laugh as we both pretend that we're not in love and that we're just good friends
Well, I'm tired of pretending, but I'm terrified of it ending
I know if not for you there's nothing I could do, to ever let it end
And I know you feel the same way, because you told me drunk on your birthday
And as you pulled me near, whispered in my ear, "Don't ever let it end"
Don't let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
Saturday I'm gonna take her out
'Cause her favorite band is gonna play downtown
Gonna sing the song we've all heard, about those two young friends who should have fell in love
Later on we'll cut through the park
And she can hold my hand 'cause she hates the dark
And we could laugh as we both pretend that we're not in love and that we're just good friends
Well, I'm tired of pretending, but I'm terrified of it ending
I know if not for you there's nothing I could do, to ever let it end
And I know you feel the same way, because you told me drunk on your birthday
And as you pulled me near, whispered in my ear, "Don't ever let it end"
Please promise me that this won't end
Don't let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
Greatest times we ever had, the crazy nights just looking back and laugh
You never know where life's gonna go, 'cause we're the only ones who will ever know
About Sunday night, just her and I
Sitting side by side in the full moon light
I pulled her close just to hold her tight and the both of us could tell it just felt right
She looked at me in the sweetest way
Like should could tell what the hell I was about to say
Must have took a while to find the words 'cause she cut me off and finally said it first
Well, I'm tired of pretending, but I'm terrified of it ending
I know if not for you there's nothing I could do to ever let it end
Yeah, you know I feel the same way, 'cause I told you drunk on my birthday
And as I pulled you near, whispered in your ear, "Don't ever let it end"
Please promise me that this won't end
Don't let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
Please promise that this won't end
Don't let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
Don't let it end
Don't let it end
Don't ever let it end
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Don't Ever Let It End Lyrics as written by Chad Kroeger
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