"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.
Tus ojos, claro del monte
Como guitarras trovadoras, de San Juan
Tus ojos, son mi suplicio
Son mi perdón, mi redención, mi despertar
Tus ojos que me arrebatan
Son mi locura, son la plena perdición
Tus ojos lo tienen todo
Nada me falta porque son mi bendición
Tus ojos que tienen mi ausencia
Como dulce y fresco sereno del mar
Tus ojos son mi equilibrio
Son mi libertad
(Mírame) dame fuerza why alivio
(Mírame) es lo que necesito
(Mírame) para tenerlo todo
Solo basta quedarme, fundida en tus ojos
(Mírame) que es la paz tu mirada
(Mírame) que mi dicha no alcanza
(Mírame) que la luz y la calma
Que me brindan tus ojos, tranquilizan mi alma
Tus ojos, dulce esperanza
Remedio y cáliz de ese sorbo de tu amor
Tus ojos, son el camino
Donde abre paso mi desbordada pasión
Tus ojos me llenan el alma
No hay otra riqueza no tengo temor
Tus ojos dulces benditos
Son mi devoción
(Mírame) dame fuerza why alivio
(Mírame) es lo que necesito
(Mírame) para tenerlo todo
Solo basta quedarme, fundida en tus ojos
(Mírame) que es la paz tu mirada
(Mírame) que mi dicha no alcanza
(Mírame) que la luz y la calma
Que me brindan tus ojos, tranquilizan mi alma
(Mírame)
(Mírame)
(Mírame) que la luz y la calma
Que me brindan tus ojos, tranquilizan mi alma
(Mírame) dame fuerza why alivio
(Mírame) es lo que necesito
(Mírame) para tenerlo todo
Solo basta quedarme, fundida en tus ojos
(Mírame) que es la paz tu mirada
(Mírame) que mi dicha no alcanza
(Mírame) que la luz y la calma
Que me brindan tus ojos, tranquilizan mi alma
Como guitarras trovadoras, de San Juan
Tus ojos, son mi suplicio
Son mi perdón, mi redención, mi despertar
Tus ojos que me arrebatan
Son mi locura, son la plena perdición
Tus ojos lo tienen todo
Nada me falta porque son mi bendición
Tus ojos que tienen mi ausencia
Como dulce y fresco sereno del mar
Tus ojos son mi equilibrio
Son mi libertad
(Mírame) dame fuerza why alivio
(Mírame) es lo que necesito
(Mírame) para tenerlo todo
Solo basta quedarme, fundida en tus ojos
(Mírame) que es la paz tu mirada
(Mírame) que mi dicha no alcanza
(Mírame) que la luz y la calma
Que me brindan tus ojos, tranquilizan mi alma
Tus ojos, dulce esperanza
Remedio y cáliz de ese sorbo de tu amor
Tus ojos, son el camino
Donde abre paso mi desbordada pasión
Tus ojos me llenan el alma
No hay otra riqueza no tengo temor
Tus ojos dulces benditos
Son mi devoción
(Mírame) dame fuerza why alivio
(Mírame) es lo que necesito
(Mírame) para tenerlo todo
Solo basta quedarme, fundida en tus ojos
(Mírame) que es la paz tu mirada
(Mírame) que mi dicha no alcanza
(Mírame) que la luz y la calma
Que me brindan tus ojos, tranquilizan mi alma
(Mírame)
(Mírame)
(Mírame) que la luz y la calma
Que me brindan tus ojos, tranquilizan mi alma
(Mírame) dame fuerza why alivio
(Mírame) es lo que necesito
(Mírame) para tenerlo todo
Solo basta quedarme, fundida en tus ojos
(Mírame) que es la paz tu mirada
(Mírame) que mi dicha no alcanza
(Mírame) que la luz y la calma
Que me brindan tus ojos, tranquilizan mi alma
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Tus Ojos Lyrics as written by F. Estefano Salgado Emilio Jr. Estefan
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I think your first comment is closer to being accurate. The singer/song writers state "Millions of eyes can see, yet why am i so blind!? When the someone else is me, its unkind its unkind". I believe hes referring to the girl toying with him and using him. He wants something deeper with her, thats why he allows himself to be as a puppet (even though for her fun and games) as long as it makes her happy. But he knows deep down that she doesnt really want to be serious with him and thats what makes him.