"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.
We danced a tango 'till our heads got dizzy
I felt your body heat: a damsel in distress
My daddy warned me not to get so busy
And suddenly I'm watching you take off your dress
I couldn't stick around
So text me in the morning
Tell me you still love me
I don't believe a single word
You tell me you're tipsy; I tell you you're pretty
We could spend the night if you're still sure
But text me in the morning
Woke up all soaking wet from last night's fever
Smelling like cigarettes and broken promises
Your mother said: 'Don't be an overachiever.'
I please her, oh please girl, I never did believe her
And I'll never tell you why
Oh, I'll never tell a lie
So text me in the morning
Tell me you still love me
I don't believe a single word
You tell me you're tipsy; I tell you you're pretty
We could spend the night if you're still sure
But text me in the morning
Tears on my phone
Feelin' so alone
I'll never let you go, you've got the best of me
When all the other boys just want your sex
I just want your texts
In the morning
Right, in the morning
C'mon c'mon c'mon
So text me in the morning
Tell me you still love me
I don't believe a single word
You tell me you're tipsy, I tell you you're pretty
We could spend the night if you're still sure
But text me in the morning
We danced a tango 'till our heads got dizzy
(Text me in the morning)
I felt your body heat: a damsel in distress
(Text me in the morning)
Woke up all soaking wet from last night's fever
(Text me in the morning)
Smelling like cigarettes and broken promises
I felt your body heat: a damsel in distress
My daddy warned me not to get so busy
And suddenly I'm watching you take off your dress
I couldn't stick around
So text me in the morning
Tell me you still love me
I don't believe a single word
You tell me you're tipsy; I tell you you're pretty
We could spend the night if you're still sure
But text me in the morning
Woke up all soaking wet from last night's fever
Smelling like cigarettes and broken promises
Your mother said: 'Don't be an overachiever.'
I please her, oh please girl, I never did believe her
And I'll never tell you why
Oh, I'll never tell a lie
So text me in the morning
Tell me you still love me
I don't believe a single word
You tell me you're tipsy; I tell you you're pretty
We could spend the night if you're still sure
But text me in the morning
Tears on my phone
Feelin' so alone
I'll never let you go, you've got the best of me
When all the other boys just want your sex
I just want your texts
In the morning
Right, in the morning
C'mon c'mon c'mon
So text me in the morning
Tell me you still love me
I don't believe a single word
You tell me you're tipsy, I tell you you're pretty
We could spend the night if you're still sure
But text me in the morning
We danced a tango 'till our heads got dizzy
(Text me in the morning)
I felt your body heat: a damsel in distress
(Text me in the morning)
Woke up all soaking wet from last night's fever
(Text me in the morning)
Smelling like cigarettes and broken promises
Lyrics submitted by laynestaleyiscool
Text Me in the Morning Lyrics as written by Tyler Glenn Timothy Pagnotta
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Downtown Music Publishing
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