"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.
You're not wanting anybody wants in you
I've got to understand
But I've been biting all my cherry hearts in two
You don't even care
Won't you ever come down from the big rock I found you climbing
Stowing your diamonds away
You kissed me once
When we were drunk
It left me spinning on my heels
Call the devil for the deal
You kissed me once
When we were drunk
My head went moving along the floor
Past the window, out the door
Once I said it I knew I wouldn't regret it too
It's just too much to share
Now you're fading of sailing in the night
To the boy who wasn't there
I'm a practical guy
And sometimes I can fly off the handle
Thinking in scandalous ways
I've never done time
But I've done the crime of wanting
Something that never could stay
You kissed me once
When we were drunk
It left me spinning on my heels
Call the devil for the deal
You kissed me once
When we were drunk
And now I'm nervous when we meet
I got nothing under my feet
You kissed me once
While we were drunk
It left me spinning on my heels
Called the devil for the deal
You kissed me once
When we were drunk
My head went rolling on the floor
Past the window, out the door
I've got to understand
But I've been biting all my cherry hearts in two
You don't even care
Won't you ever come down from the big rock I found you climbing
Stowing your diamonds away
You kissed me once
When we were drunk
It left me spinning on my heels
Call the devil for the deal
You kissed me once
When we were drunk
My head went moving along the floor
Past the window, out the door
Once I said it I knew I wouldn't regret it too
It's just too much to share
Now you're fading of sailing in the night
To the boy who wasn't there
I'm a practical guy
And sometimes I can fly off the handle
Thinking in scandalous ways
I've never done time
But I've done the crime of wanting
Something that never could stay
You kissed me once
When we were drunk
It left me spinning on my heels
Call the devil for the deal
You kissed me once
When we were drunk
And now I'm nervous when we meet
I got nothing under my feet
You kissed me once
While we were drunk
It left me spinning on my heels
Called the devil for the deal
You kissed me once
When we were drunk
My head went rolling on the floor
Past the window, out the door
Lyrics submitted by outofmy0mind
Cherry Hearts Lyrics as written by James Russell Mercer
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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