"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.
With the lonely lights at night
Away from no one at all
It's a feeling I got to know
I don't know right now
You will burn down all the bridges
If it had any steam
And it's a big ten for if you're asking for
Wanna let me be
I'm in the song
Can you feel it
Right now, right now
I'm in the song
Can you feel it
Right now, Right now
'Cause love at first sight
Is better than love from last night
Yeah, love at first sight
Is better than love from last night
Love at first sight
Is better than love from last night
Some night, Some night
That just ain't right
'Cause your lips' under attack
Girl, you got it bad, under attack
'Cause your lips' under attack
Girl, you got it bad, under attack
Under attack, girl
Under attack attack attack
You got it bad, girl
You got it bad bad bad
Under attack, girl
Under attack attack attack
You got it bad, girl
You got it bad bad bad
Under attack
If myself's resigned
I don't know where I'd be
And if it all comes to an end
It might as well be me
So we'll burn down all the bridges
If it had any steam
And it's a big ten for if you're asking for
Wanna let me be
'Cause we are going nowhere
I got it right here
'Cause your lips' under attack
Girl, you got it bad, under attack
'Cause your lips' under attack
Girl, you got it bad, under attack
'Cause your lips' under attack
Girl, you got it bad, under attack
'Cause your lips' under attack
Girl, you got it bad, under attack
'Cause love at first sight
Is better than love from last night
Yeah, love at first sight
Is better than love from last night
Love at first sight
Is better than love from last night
Some night, Some night
That just ain't right
'Cause your lips are under attack, girl
Under attack attack attack
You got it bad, girl
You got it bad bad bad
No more clubs, no more parties
No more drugs, and no more shame
No more clubs, no more parties
No more drugs, and no more shame
Away from no one at all
It's a feeling I got to know
I don't know right now
You will burn down all the bridges
If it had any steam
And it's a big ten for if you're asking for
Wanna let me be
I'm in the song
Can you feel it
Right now, right now
I'm in the song
Can you feel it
Right now, Right now
'Cause love at first sight
Is better than love from last night
Yeah, love at first sight
Is better than love from last night
Love at first sight
Is better than love from last night
Some night, Some night
That just ain't right
'Cause your lips' under attack
Girl, you got it bad, under attack
'Cause your lips' under attack
Girl, you got it bad, under attack
Under attack, girl
Under attack attack attack
You got it bad, girl
You got it bad bad bad
Under attack, girl
Under attack attack attack
You got it bad, girl
You got it bad bad bad
Under attack
If myself's resigned
I don't know where I'd be
And if it all comes to an end
It might as well be me
So we'll burn down all the bridges
If it had any steam
And it's a big ten for if you're asking for
Wanna let me be
'Cause we are going nowhere
I got it right here
'Cause your lips' under attack
Girl, you got it bad, under attack
'Cause your lips' under attack
Girl, you got it bad, under attack
'Cause your lips' under attack
Girl, you got it bad, under attack
'Cause your lips' under attack
Girl, you got it bad, under attack
'Cause love at first sight
Is better than love from last night
Yeah, love at first sight
Is better than love from last night
Love at first sight
Is better than love from last night
Some night, Some night
That just ain't right
'Cause your lips are under attack, girl
Under attack attack attack
You got it bad, girl
You got it bad bad bad
No more clubs, no more parties
No more drugs, and no more shame
No more clubs, no more parties
No more drugs, and no more shame
Lyrics submitted by tikilights
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