"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.
Now I say
Ive been trynna focus on apologies
Never meant to fuck over my modesty
Now I’m falling straight
I will never see the top with my mounted pains
I don’t want to focus on my life
Baby, rather focus on your strifes
Ain’t nobody giving you the time
These women get me anxious
And the dough been the battle as I grow from the shadows
And I’m lost had to settle with my ways
I’m just trynna get away, have to search around world
I don’t want you worried anymore
Ain’t nobody give you this fosho
Other bitches doing it for show
But I’m fucking with your vibes
I ain’t done till I win you back, win you back
I ain’t done till I win you back, win you back
Come on back, wanna see you smile
Till you mine, till you mine
Wanna see you smile till you mine
I promised you something
Now we’re reuniting on our burnt ties
Don’t know what you cost me
Always needed better than my worst tries
You get me high, fly to New York City
Ready your place, this ain’t my first time
I’ve known the thrill when you hold on to me
The head on your shoulders makes my world right
Too bad we haven’t talked together in a minute, yeah
Could’ve changed your life for the better if you with it, yeah
Only one shot, is all I need to prove forgiveness, yeah
It’s only my fault since I get lost in my visions, yeah
Darling imma tell you how I really feel about you
No more secrets tell you how I really feel about you
Thats why I won’t rest till I
Win you back, win you back
I ain’t done till I win you back, win you back
Come on back, wanna see you smile
Till you mine, till you mine
Wanna see you smile till you mine
Ive been trynna focus on apologies
Never meant to fuck over my modesty
Now I’m falling straight
I will never see the top with my mounted pains
I don’t want to focus on my life
Baby, rather focus on your strifes
Ain’t nobody giving you the time
These women get me anxious
And the dough been the battle as I grow from the shadows
And I’m lost had to settle with my ways
I’m just trynna get away, have to search around world
I don’t want you worried anymore
Ain’t nobody give you this fosho
Other bitches doing it for show
But I’m fucking with your vibes
I ain’t done till I win you back, win you back
I ain’t done till I win you back, win you back
Come on back, wanna see you smile
Till you mine, till you mine
Wanna see you smile till you mine
I promised you something
Now we’re reuniting on our burnt ties
Don’t know what you cost me
Always needed better than my worst tries
You get me high, fly to New York City
Ready your place, this ain’t my first time
I’ve known the thrill when you hold on to me
The head on your shoulders makes my world right
Too bad we haven’t talked together in a minute, yeah
Could’ve changed your life for the better if you with it, yeah
Only one shot, is all I need to prove forgiveness, yeah
It’s only my fault since I get lost in my visions, yeah
Darling imma tell you how I really feel about you
No more secrets tell you how I really feel about you
Thats why I won’t rest till I
Win you back, win you back
I ain’t done till I win you back, win you back
Come on back, wanna see you smile
Till you mine, till you mine
Wanna see you smile till you mine
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