"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.
Well, you are acting up and I think you feel
Feel that you're all something
You had my head choose up might just appeal
You knock it down pretend that
You’ve seen nothing
You’ve seen nothing
Wait, the hands across your face
Seem other words can’t say
Your catching on to something in my eye
You see I just can't wait
I just won't let you by
You seem surprised that even see me try
When it’s not that kind of love
There’s an arrow through my heart
Your the one I’m dreaming of
Yes you’re the one I’m dreaming of
But it’s not that kind of love
There’s an arrow through my heart
You’re the one I’m dreaming of
Yes you’re the one I’m dreaming of
You seem surprised that even see me try
When it’s not that kind of love
There’s an arrow through my heart
You’re the one I’m dreaming of
Yes you’re the one I’m dreaming of
When it’s not that kind of love
There’s an arrow through my heart
You’re the one I’m dreaming of
Yes you’re the one I’m dreaming of
Yes you’re the one I’m dreaming of
All that’s left for me I’m coming down
Ill take you with me we’ll travel on
We can travel on this ground
And now I hear a preacher called us
I see it's time to pray
Hope that I will have the faith like that one day
You seem surprised to even see me try
When it’s not that kind of love
There’s an arrow through my heart
You’re the one I’m dreaming of
Yes you’re the one I’m dreaming of
When it’s not that kind of love
There’s an arrow through my heart
You’re the one I’m dreaming of
Yes you’re the one I’m dreaming of
You’re the one I’m dreaming of
Yes you’re the one I’m dreaming of
You’re the one I’m dreaming of
Yes you’re the one I’m dreaming of
Yes you’re the one I’m dreaming of
Feel that you're all something
You had my head choose up might just appeal
You knock it down pretend that
You’ve seen nothing
You’ve seen nothing
Wait, the hands across your face
Seem other words can’t say
Your catching on to something in my eye
You see I just can't wait
I just won't let you by
You seem surprised that even see me try
When it’s not that kind of love
There’s an arrow through my heart
Your the one I’m dreaming of
Yes you’re the one I’m dreaming of
But it’s not that kind of love
There’s an arrow through my heart
You’re the one I’m dreaming of
Yes you’re the one I’m dreaming of
You seem surprised that even see me try
When it’s not that kind of love
There’s an arrow through my heart
You’re the one I’m dreaming of
Yes you’re the one I’m dreaming of
When it’s not that kind of love
There’s an arrow through my heart
You’re the one I’m dreaming of
Yes you’re the one I’m dreaming of
Yes you’re the one I’m dreaming of
All that’s left for me I’m coming down
Ill take you with me we’ll travel on
We can travel on this ground
And now I hear a preacher called us
I see it's time to pray
Hope that I will have the faith like that one day
You seem surprised to even see me try
When it’s not that kind of love
There’s an arrow through my heart
You’re the one I’m dreaming of
Yes you’re the one I’m dreaming of
When it’s not that kind of love
There’s an arrow through my heart
You’re the one I’m dreaming of
Yes you’re the one I’m dreaming of
You’re the one I’m dreaming of
Yes you’re the one I’m dreaming of
You’re the one I’m dreaming of
Yes you’re the one I’m dreaming of
Yes you’re the one I’m dreaming of
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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