"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 think I was wrong, I think you were right
All my angry words will keep me up at night
Through the old screen door, I still can hear you say
"Oh, honey, won't you stop treatin' me that way?"
If you could only see
What love has made of me
Then I'd no longer be in your mind
The difficult kind
'Cause babe, I've changed
Tell it to me slow, tell me with your eyes
'Cause if anyone should know how to let it slide
I swear I can see you coming up the drive
And there ain't nothing like regret to remind you you're alive
If you could only see
What love has made of me
Then I'd no longer be in your mind
The difficult kind
'Cause babe, I've changed
I crossed the canyon a thousand times
And never noticed what was mine
What you'll remember of me, tonight
Well, it almost makes me cry
Almost makes me cry
Oh, if you could only see
What love has made of me
Then I'd no longer be in your mind
The difficult kind
'Cause you won't see
No, you won't see, no
If you could only see
What love has made of me
And I'll no longer be in your mind
The difficult kind
But you won't see
The change in me
No, you won't see, oh
'Cause babe, I've changed
Yes, babe, I've changed
All my angry words will keep me up at night
Through the old screen door, I still can hear you say
"Oh, honey, won't you stop treatin' me that way?"
If you could only see
What love has made of me
Then I'd no longer be in your mind
The difficult kind
'Cause babe, I've changed
Tell it to me slow, tell me with your eyes
'Cause if anyone should know how to let it slide
I swear I can see you coming up the drive
And there ain't nothing like regret to remind you you're alive
If you could only see
What love has made of me
Then I'd no longer be in your mind
The difficult kind
'Cause babe, I've changed
I crossed the canyon a thousand times
And never noticed what was mine
What you'll remember of me, tonight
Well, it almost makes me cry
Almost makes me cry
Oh, if you could only see
What love has made of me
Then I'd no longer be in your mind
The difficult kind
'Cause you won't see
No, you won't see, no
If you could only see
What love has made of me
And I'll no longer be in your mind
The difficult kind
But you won't see
The change in me
No, you won't see, oh
'Cause babe, I've changed
Yes, babe, I've changed
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
The Difficult Kind [Live From Central park/1999] Lyrics as written by Sheryl Crow
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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