"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.
One-two-three-four
Money or love
Which one are you doing it for?
Everybody has to make that choice sometime
You know something is wrong
I can tell the feeling is gone
Do you still remember when
We started long ago?
Wasn't it love that kept us all
Driving in a rented car?
Who could've known that endless road would
Ever have come this far?
Money or love
It's your decision where to draw the line
Everybody has a soul they
Can control or compromise
When did you start putting a price
Upon the pain in your heart?
When did I become the reason for
The sadness in your eyes?
You could've asked me anytime
I would've told you why
Maybe I might have changed your mind
But now it's too late to try goodbye
Often I have asked myself
Could I have been closer to you
When you needed someone else
Could a friend who really knew
You try help you decide
Money or love
Tell me what ya gonna do with your life?
Everybody needs a passion or they
Cash in while they can make up your mind
Before you realize you've run out of time
You need a reason why
You've got to justify to make your stand
You could've asked me anytime
I would've told you why
Maybe I might never change your mind
But now it's too late to try goodbye
Money or love
Wasn't it love that kept us all
Driving in a rented car?
Who could've known that endless road would
Ever have come this far?
Was it money or love? Money or love?
Was it money or love? Money or love?
Money or love? Money or love? Money or love?
Was it money or love? Was it
Money or love? Was it love?
Money or love
Which one are you doing it for?
Everybody has to make that choice sometime
You know something is wrong
I can tell the feeling is gone
Do you still remember when
We started long ago?
Wasn't it love that kept us all
Driving in a rented car?
Who could've known that endless road would
Ever have come this far?
Money or love
It's your decision where to draw the line
Everybody has a soul they
Can control or compromise
When did you start putting a price
Upon the pain in your heart?
When did I become the reason for
The sadness in your eyes?
You could've asked me anytime
I would've told you why
Maybe I might have changed your mind
But now it's too late to try goodbye
Often I have asked myself
Could I have been closer to you
When you needed someone else
Could a friend who really knew
You try help you decide
Money or love
Tell me what ya gonna do with your life?
Everybody needs a passion or they
Cash in while they can make up your mind
Before you realize you've run out of time
You need a reason why
You've got to justify to make your stand
You could've asked me anytime
I would've told you why
Maybe I might never change your mind
But now it's too late to try goodbye
Money or love
Wasn't it love that kept us all
Driving in a rented car?
Who could've known that endless road would
Ever have come this far?
Was it money or love? Money or love?
Was it money or love? Money or love?
Money or love? Money or love? Money or love?
Was it money or love? Was it
Money or love? Was it love?
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Money or Love Lyrics as written by Billy Joel
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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