"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.
Is there such things as too sensitive? Should we ignore what really hurts?
You're taking what I'm not giving
It's always the stupid things that seem to hurt us.
But can you see it in my eyes? When you walked away and stabbed me in the back
But please don't tell me no more lies
And I can see it in your eyes, when you walked away chin buried in your chest
And don't you think I realize what's going on with the way you feel about me?
When I walk around this town, all the different shades of brown
People and the weather are so alike these days
Snow on the ground, depressed and cold beats the choice of growing old
Thinking about you makes me smile
Confused about the way I feel, can't find the words to say
I'm screaming but no one's listening, same distant feelings, different day
Can you see it in my eyes? When you walked away and stabbed me in the back?
But please don't tell me no more lies
When I walk around this town, all the different shades of brown,
People and weather are so alike these days
Snow on the ground, depressed and cold beats the choice of growing old
Thinking about you makes me smile
And I can see it in your eyes, when you walked away chin buried in your chest,
And don't you think I realize what's going on with the way you feel about me?
When I walk around this town, all the different shades of brown,
People and weather are so alike these days
Snow on the ground, depressed and cold beats the choice of growing old,
Thinking about you makes me smile
You're taking what I'm not giving
It's always the stupid things that seem to hurt us.
But can you see it in my eyes? When you walked away and stabbed me in the back
But please don't tell me no more lies
And I can see it in your eyes, when you walked away chin buried in your chest
And don't you think I realize what's going on with the way you feel about me?
When I walk around this town, all the different shades of brown
People and the weather are so alike these days
Snow on the ground, depressed and cold beats the choice of growing old
Thinking about you makes me smile
Confused about the way I feel, can't find the words to say
I'm screaming but no one's listening, same distant feelings, different day
Can you see it in my eyes? When you walked away and stabbed me in the back?
But please don't tell me no more lies
When I walk around this town, all the different shades of brown,
People and weather are so alike these days
Snow on the ground, depressed and cold beats the choice of growing old
Thinking about you makes me smile
And I can see it in your eyes, when you walked away chin buried in your chest,
And don't you think I realize what's going on with the way you feel about me?
When I walk around this town, all the different shades of brown,
People and weather are so alike these days
Snow on the ground, depressed and cold beats the choice of growing old,
Thinking about you makes me smile
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death
Smile Lyrics as written by Justine Elinor Frischmann Donna Lorraine Matthews
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group
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