"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.
I still think about you as I read through all your texts
The naughty things you would say around the time we first met
Yeah, you said that we'd definitely go all the way
I should have given you more, I should have begged you to stay
Another broken heart, another hopeless cliche
With a kiss and a twist of the knife, you were gone
You were gone
Now I can't do anything else but leave with a smile
And hope that somebody else will come find me in a while
Somebody new, just, just, just like you
Somebody new, just, just, just like you
Do you still think about me or is it all about you?
Each time I picture your face, I can't help see him with you
Do you know what I'd give just to change your mind?
Change your mind
Now I can't do anything else but leave with a smile
And hope that somebody else will come find me in a while
Somebody new, just, just, just like you
Somebody new, just, just, just like you
(Just like you) She'd do the things that you do
(The things that you do) She'd need me like you used to
(She'd need me like you used to) And I'll just pretend that she's you
(That she's you, that she's you) If only she could be you
So while you're falling in love, I'll be falling apart
I'm calling your name as I crawl back to the start
Still wondering why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why
Did I give everything up?
Did I give everything up?
You don't just fall out of love
You wait 'til you find someone else
Somebody new just, just, just like you
Somebody new just, just, just like you
Somebody new (I'll wait until I find someone else)
Somebody new, just like you
The naughty things you would say around the time we first met
Yeah, you said that we'd definitely go all the way
I should have given you more, I should have begged you to stay
Another broken heart, another hopeless cliche
With a kiss and a twist of the knife, you were gone
You were gone
Now I can't do anything else but leave with a smile
And hope that somebody else will come find me in a while
Somebody new, just, just, just like you
Somebody new, just, just, just like you
Do you still think about me or is it all about you?
Each time I picture your face, I can't help see him with you
Do you know what I'd give just to change your mind?
Change your mind
Now I can't do anything else but leave with a smile
And hope that somebody else will come find me in a while
Somebody new, just, just, just like you
Somebody new, just, just, just like you
(Just like you) She'd do the things that you do
(The things that you do) She'd need me like you used to
(She'd need me like you used to) And I'll just pretend that she's you
(That she's you, that she's you) If only she could be you
So while you're falling in love, I'll be falling apart
I'm calling your name as I crawl back to the start
Still wondering why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why
Did I give everything up?
Did I give everything up?
You don't just fall out of love
You wait 'til you find someone else
Somebody new just, just, just like you
Somebody new just, just, just like you
Somebody new (I'll wait until I find someone else)
Somebody new, just like you
Lyrics submitted by Abbie96
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