"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.
DON'T SAY GOODBYE (Del Vecchio)
What do you want from me?
Tell me what you know
Is there something left to see?
Tangled in the dark Left with no spark
What am I supposed to wait?
Is there an end to this tale?
You keep me hanging right behind
Holding back just for a sign
Tell me what you feel tell me that is real
I don't know what to say or do I know how tough can be
To turn around and look ahead
Don't say goodbye
Try to bring me close there's so much I can prove
How would you let me walk alone
Don't say goodbye
I'm crwaling in the dark you can hear me call your name
And the echo to my words
What's left in my hands?
I'm left with no hope Is this the end?
Tell me what you feel tell me that is real
I don't know what to say or do
I know how tough can be
To turn around and look ahead
Don't say goodbye
Try to bring me close there's so much I can prove
How would you let me walk alone
Don't say goodbye
Walked throught the rain
Faced all the storms
To hear a goodbye
That leaves me with no end in sight
Tell me what you feel tell me that is real
I don't know what to say or do
I know how tough can be
To turn around and look ahead
Don't say goodbye
Try to bring me close there's so much I can prove
How would you let me walk alone
Don't say goodbye
What do you want from me?
Tell me what you know
Is there something left to see?
Tangled in the dark Left with no spark
What am I supposed to wait?
Is there an end to this tale?
You keep me hanging right behind
Holding back just for a sign
Tell me what you feel tell me that is real
I don't know what to say or do I know how tough can be
To turn around and look ahead
Don't say goodbye
Try to bring me close there's so much I can prove
How would you let me walk alone
Don't say goodbye
I'm crwaling in the dark you can hear me call your name
And the echo to my words
What's left in my hands?
I'm left with no hope Is this the end?
Tell me what you feel tell me that is real
I don't know what to say or do
I know how tough can be
To turn around and look ahead
Don't say goodbye
Try to bring me close there's so much I can prove
How would you let me walk alone
Don't say goodbye
Walked throught the rain
Faced all the storms
To hear a goodbye
That leaves me with no end in sight
Tell me what you feel tell me that is real
I don't know what to say or do
I know how tough can be
To turn around and look ahead
Don't say goodbye
Try to bring me close there's so much I can prove
How would you let me walk alone
Don't say goodbye
Lyrics submitted by Octavarium64
Don't Say Goodbye Lyrics as written by Alessandro Del Vecchio
Lyrics © STARVING ARTIST, LLC
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