"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.
Have you wondered,
What it could be like,
And I was all set to come back home.
You were after nothing I could give long.
Have you ever wondered,
What it could be like,
And I was standing back on my feet.
There's nothing there,
So now you want better
And I know I should have held you closer,
And I know I should have treated you better,
In a perfect world,
But we're not always,
What we promised to be.
You caught my words in mid-air.
The silence hung as you caught my eye,
Conversations locked away in my mind.
I know I should have held you closer,
I know I should have treated you better.
And I know I should have treated you better
And I know I should have treated you better
I know I should have treated you better
Have you wondered,
What it could be like,
And I was all set to come back home.
You were after nothing I could give long.
Have you ever wondered,
What it could be like,
And I standing back on my feet.
There's nothing there,
So we were better.
And I know I should have held you closer,
And I know I should have treated you better,
In a perfect world,
But we're not always what we promised to be.
You caught my words in mid-air,
The silence hung as you caught my eye,
Conversations locked away in my mind.
I know I should have held you closer,
I know I should have treated you better.
And I know I should have treated you better
And I know I should have treated you better
What it could be like,
And I was all set to come back home.
You were after nothing I could give long.
Have you ever wondered,
What it could be like,
And I was standing back on my feet.
There's nothing there,
So now you want better
And I know I should have held you closer,
And I know I should have treated you better,
In a perfect world,
But we're not always,
What we promised to be.
You caught my words in mid-air.
The silence hung as you caught my eye,
Conversations locked away in my mind.
I know I should have held you closer,
I know I should have treated you better.
And I know I should have treated you better
And I know I should have treated you better
I know I should have treated you better
Have you wondered,
What it could be like,
And I was all set to come back home.
You were after nothing I could give long.
Have you ever wondered,
What it could be like,
And I standing back on my feet.
There's nothing there,
So we were better.
And I know I should have held you closer,
And I know I should have treated you better,
In a perfect world,
But we're not always what we promised to be.
You caught my words in mid-air,
The silence hung as you caught my eye,
Conversations locked away in my mind.
I know I should have held you closer,
I know I should have treated you better.
And I know I should have treated you better
And I know I should have treated you better
Lyrics submitted by urwellkeen2
Wonder Lyrics as written by Leighton Callou Daniel Matthew Harley
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