"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.
Her face
When you were lookin' for a while
Without a trace
That we're underneath the weather
And I tried to let go,
And she slipped away
Like a little girl
But I really wanna make her mine
My girl would never say
What I need to hear to make it all okay
So we try to make nice so the kids won't know
For a little while but it really doesn't make it all
Find you alone a while
With a heavy hand and a darkened smile
Let her find time to regret
But I still don't know and I really wanna make her mine
She wants to know just who I am
She wants to know just who I am
She can make you work for the worth that she has
She wants to know just who I am
I'm guessin' that it happens all of the time
Through no fault of mine
She can turn it around
And she wasn't like the best thing under the sun
But, yeah, I guess I needed to learn from her
I guess I need to open up and let it all out
Your face when it all came down
With the bright light is a little dark frown
Now is unturned by the sharp alarm
And you weren't afraid
But it really doesn't matter
I tried you and forced a smile
And we were like friends for an unsaid while
And I might have let go maybe one of those nights
She stayed a while
And still I wanna make her mine
She wants to know just who I am
She wants to know just who I am
She can make you work for the worth that she has
She wants to know just who I am
I'm guessin' that it happens all of the time
Through no fault of mine
She can turn it around
And she wasn't like the best thing under the sun
But, yeah, I guess I needed to learn from her
I guess I need to open up and let it all out
And she wasn't like the best thing under the sun
But, yeah, I guess I needed to learn from her
Guess I need to open up and let it all out
When you were lookin' for a while
Without a trace
That we're underneath the weather
And I tried to let go,
And she slipped away
Like a little girl
But I really wanna make her mine
My girl would never say
What I need to hear to make it all okay
So we try to make nice so the kids won't know
For a little while but it really doesn't make it all
Find you alone a while
With a heavy hand and a darkened smile
Let her find time to regret
But I still don't know and I really wanna make her mine
She wants to know just who I am
She wants to know just who I am
She can make you work for the worth that she has
She wants to know just who I am
I'm guessin' that it happens all of the time
Through no fault of mine
She can turn it around
And she wasn't like the best thing under the sun
But, yeah, I guess I needed to learn from her
I guess I need to open up and let it all out
Your face when it all came down
With the bright light is a little dark frown
Now is unturned by the sharp alarm
And you weren't afraid
But it really doesn't matter
I tried you and forced a smile
And we were like friends for an unsaid while
And I might have let go maybe one of those nights
She stayed a while
And still I wanna make her mine
She wants to know just who I am
She wants to know just who I am
She can make you work for the worth that she has
She wants to know just who I am
I'm guessin' that it happens all of the time
Through no fault of mine
She can turn it around
And she wasn't like the best thing under the sun
But, yeah, I guess I needed to learn from her
I guess I need to open up and let it all out
And she wasn't like the best thing under the sun
But, yeah, I guess I needed to learn from her
Guess I need to open up and let it all out
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She Wants to Know Lyrics as written by Devon Portielje Conner Molander
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Correction:
her face when you've been looking for awhile left not a trace that we're underneath the weather and i tried to let go, and she slipped away like a little girl and i really want to make her mine
my girl would never say what i need to hear to make it all ok so we try to make nice and the kids won't know for a little while but it really doesn't make it i find you, alone awhile with a heavy hand and a dark-lit smile at a fine time to regret what i still don't know and i really want to make her mine
she wants to know just who i am she wants to know just who i am she can make you work for the worth that she has she wants to know just who i am
i'm guessing that it happens all of the time through no fault of mine but she can turn it around and she wasn't like the best thing under the sun but yeah, i guess i needed to learn from her i guess i need to open up and let it all out!
your face when it all came down with a bright light was a little dark frown i was unturned by that sharp alarm, and you weren't afraid but it really doesn't matter i tried you and forced a smile and we were like friends for an unsaid while and i might've let go, maybe one of those nights she stayed awhile and still i want to make her mine
she wants to know just who i am she wants to know just who i am she can make you work for the worth that she has she wants to know just who i am
i'm guessing that it happens all of the time through no fault of mine but she can turn it around and she wasn't like the best thing under the sun but yeah, i guess i needed to learn from her i guess i needed to open and let it all out!
and she wasn't like the best thing under the sun but yeah, i guess i needed to learn from her i guess i needed to open up and let it all out!
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