"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.
Wheels are turning
I remember when you were mine
Now just to reach you
Baby, I'd stand in line
But there's another world
We're living in
Tonight
And there's another heart
That's fading in
The light
Don't want your picture
On my cell phone
I want you here with me
Don't want your memory
In my head now
I want you here with me
Spent the summer, just laying out in the sun
Time seems to move so slow
When you're taking it as it comes
Maybe we were just too young
Your body was tanned and your hair was long
You showed me your smile and my cares were gone
Falling in love filled my soul with fright
You said "Come on babe, it'll be alright"
I must have been a fool to the bitter end
Now I hold on to hope to have you back again
I'd bargain and I'd fight
But there's another world
We're living in
Tonight
Don't want your picture
On my cell phone
I want you here with me
I don't want your memory
In my head now
I want you here with me
Well I saw you in a restaurant
The other day
And instead of walking towards you
I ran away
And I'll keep on waiting for you
Till you'll come around
Come around and say
Don't want your picture
On my cell phone
I want you here with me
Don't need those memories
In my head now
I want you here with me
Ooh!
Ooh!
Here with me
Ooh!
Ooh!
Ooh!
Here with me
I remember when you were mine
Now just to reach you
Baby, I'd stand in line
But there's another world
We're living in
Tonight
And there's another heart
That's fading in
The light
Don't want your picture
On my cell phone
I want you here with me
Don't want your memory
In my head now
I want you here with me
Spent the summer, just laying out in the sun
Time seems to move so slow
When you're taking it as it comes
Maybe we were just too young
Your body was tanned and your hair was long
You showed me your smile and my cares were gone
Falling in love filled my soul with fright
You said "Come on babe, it'll be alright"
I must have been a fool to the bitter end
Now I hold on to hope to have you back again
I'd bargain and I'd fight
But there's another world
We're living in
Tonight
Don't want your picture
On my cell phone
I want you here with me
I don't want your memory
In my head now
I want you here with me
Well I saw you in a restaurant
The other day
And instead of walking towards you
I ran away
And I'll keep on waiting for you
Till you'll come around
Come around and say
Don't want your picture
On my cell phone
I want you here with me
Don't need those memories
In my head now
I want you here with me
Ooh!
Ooh!
Here with me
Ooh!
Ooh!
Ooh!
Here with me
Lyrics submitted by phoebe9261, edited by Mellow_Harsher, GeoHall, BobTheRhino
Here With Me Lyrics as written by Dave Brent Keuning Brandon Flowers
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Don't want your picture On my cell phone I want you here with me Don't need those memories In my head now I want you here with me