"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'm your temporary valentine
When the poison's got you seeing blind
And it sucks that you'd apologize
For saying what you felt last night
I pray this night will never end
'Cause you'll turn back to you again
And I'm left here wondering
If anything you said was real
'Cause you only say what's on your mind
When your head is clouded from the wine
When you spin my wheels you waste my time
Here we go again...
You only compliment me
When you're drinking,
You say I'm number one
You only list the things
You love about me
And then the morning comes
How he melts me like chocolate,
The man of my dreams
He's sweeter than candy,
But not what he seems
You only compliment me
When you're drinking
And baby that's no fun
You say what you think think think
When you drink drink drink
That's the only time
And it's such a pity
You say what you think think think
When you drink drink drink
Is that the only time
That you think I'm pretty?
Baby have you seen the guy
Who swept me off my feet last night
Or do you only accidentally let him out
When you're out of your mind?
'Cause you only say what's on your mind
When your head is clouded from the wine
When you spin my wheels you waste my time,
Here we go again...
You only compliment me
When you're drinking,
You say I'm number one
You only list the things
You love about me
And then the morning comes
How he melts me like chocolate,
The man of my dreams
He's sweeter than candy,
But not what he seems
You only compliment me
When you're drinking
And baby that's no fun
You say what you think think think
When you drink drink drink
That's the only time
And it's such a pity
You say what you think think think
When you drink drink drink
Is that the only time
That you think I'm pretty?
Get away from me,
Don't make me believe
Don't put me on a cloud
Then watch me drop
Get away from me,
Don't make me believe
'Cause I'll never survive
If I fall from a mountain top
You only think think think
When you drink drink drink
When you think think think
When you drink drink drink
How he melts me like chocolate
The man of my dreams
He's sweeter than candy,
But not what he seems
You only compliment me
When you're drinking,
You say I'm number one
You only list the things
You love about me
And then the morning comes
You say what you think think think
When you drink drink drink
When the poison's got you seeing blind
And it sucks that you'd apologize
For saying what you felt last night
I pray this night will never end
'Cause you'll turn back to you again
And I'm left here wondering
If anything you said was real
'Cause you only say what's on your mind
When your head is clouded from the wine
When you spin my wheels you waste my time
Here we go again...
You only compliment me
When you're drinking,
You say I'm number one
You only list the things
You love about me
And then the morning comes
How he melts me like chocolate,
The man of my dreams
He's sweeter than candy,
But not what he seems
You only compliment me
When you're drinking
And baby that's no fun
You say what you think think think
When you drink drink drink
That's the only time
And it's such a pity
You say what you think think think
When you drink drink drink
Is that the only time
That you think I'm pretty?
Baby have you seen the guy
Who swept me off my feet last night
Or do you only accidentally let him out
When you're out of your mind?
'Cause you only say what's on your mind
When your head is clouded from the wine
When you spin my wheels you waste my time,
Here we go again...
You only compliment me
When you're drinking,
You say I'm number one
You only list the things
You love about me
And then the morning comes
How he melts me like chocolate,
The man of my dreams
He's sweeter than candy,
But not what he seems
You only compliment me
When you're drinking
And baby that's no fun
You say what you think think think
When you drink drink drink
That's the only time
And it's such a pity
You say what you think think think
When you drink drink drink
Is that the only time
That you think I'm pretty?
Get away from me,
Don't make me believe
Don't put me on a cloud
Then watch me drop
Get away from me,
Don't make me believe
'Cause I'll never survive
If I fall from a mountain top
You only think think think
When you drink drink drink
When you think think think
When you drink drink drink
How he melts me like chocolate
The man of my dreams
He's sweeter than candy,
But not what he seems
You only compliment me
When you're drinking,
You say I'm number one
You only list the things
You love about me
And then the morning comes
You say what you think think think
When you drink drink drink
Lyrics submitted by osnapitznoah
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