"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.
Ewan (Spoken)- Love is a many splendored thing, love lifts us up where we belong, all you need is love
Nicole- Please, don't start that again
Ewan- All you need is love
Nicole- A girl has got to eat
Ewan- All you need is love
Nicole- Or she'll end up on the street
Ewan- All you need is love
Nicole- Love is just a game
Ewan- I was made for lovin' you baby, you were made for lovin' me
Nicole- The only way of lovin' me, baby, is to pay a lovely fee
Ewan- Just one night, give me just one night
Nicole- There's no way, 'cause you can't pay
Ewan- In the name of love, one night in the name of love
Nicole- You crazy fool, I won't give in to you
Ewan- Don't leave me this way, I can't survive without your sweet love, oh baby, don't leave me this way
Nicole- You'd think that people would have had enough of silly love songs
Ewan- I look around me and I see it isn't so, oh no
Nicole- Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs
Ewan- Well, what's wrong with that, I'd like to know, 'cause here I go again, Love lifts us up where we belong, where eagles fly on a mountain high
Nicole- Love makes us act like we are fools, throw our lives away for one happy day
Ewan- We could be heros, just for one day
Nicole- You, you will be mean
(Ewan- No, I won't)
Nicole- And I, I'll drink all the time
Ewan- We should be lovers
Nicole- We can't do that
Ewan- We should be lovers, and that's a fact
Nicole- Though nothing will keep us together
Ewan- We could steal time
Both- Just for one day, we could be heros forever and ever, we could be heros forever and ever, we could be heros
Ewan- Just because I will always love you
Nicole- I
Both- Can't help loving
Ewan- You
Nicole- How wonderful life is
Both- Now you're in the world
Nicole- Please, don't start that again
Ewan- All you need is love
Nicole- A girl has got to eat
Ewan- All you need is love
Nicole- Or she'll end up on the street
Ewan- All you need is love
Nicole- Love is just a game
Ewan- I was made for lovin' you baby, you were made for lovin' me
Nicole- The only way of lovin' me, baby, is to pay a lovely fee
Ewan- Just one night, give me just one night
Nicole- There's no way, 'cause you can't pay
Ewan- In the name of love, one night in the name of love
Nicole- You crazy fool, I won't give in to you
Ewan- Don't leave me this way, I can't survive without your sweet love, oh baby, don't leave me this way
Nicole- You'd think that people would have had enough of silly love songs
Ewan- I look around me and I see it isn't so, oh no
Nicole- Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs
Ewan- Well, what's wrong with that, I'd like to know, 'cause here I go again, Love lifts us up where we belong, where eagles fly on a mountain high
Nicole- Love makes us act like we are fools, throw our lives away for one happy day
Ewan- We could be heros, just for one day
Nicole- You, you will be mean
(Ewan- No, I won't)
Nicole- And I, I'll drink all the time
Ewan- We should be lovers
Nicole- We can't do that
Ewan- We should be lovers, and that's a fact
Nicole- Though nothing will keep us together
Ewan- We could steal time
Both- Just for one day, we could be heros forever and ever, we could be heros forever and ever, we could be heros
Ewan- Just because I will always love you
Nicole- I
Both- Can't help loving
Ewan- You
Nicole- How wonderful life is
Both- Now you're in the world
Lyrics submitted by SweetAndHonest
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