"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.
Love me, love me. Say you do.
Let me fly away with you.
We are creatures of the wind,
Wild is the wind.
Give me more than one caress,
Satisfy this hungriness.
We are creatures of the wind,
Wild is the wind.
You touched me, I hear the sound
Of mandolins. You kissed me,
With your kiss my life begins.
Like a leaf clings to a tree,
Baby, please, cling to me.
We are creatures of the wind,
Wild is the wind.
You touched me, I hear the sound
Of mandolins. And you kissed me,
With your kiss my life begins.
Love me, love me. Say you do.
Let me fly away with you.
Let me fly away with you.
We are creatures of the wind,
Wild is the wind.
Give me more than one caress,
Satisfy this hungriness.
We are creatures of the wind,
Wild is the wind.
You touched me, I hear the sound
Of mandolins. You kissed me,
With your kiss my life begins.
Like a leaf clings to a tree,
Baby, please, cling to me.
We are creatures of the wind,
Wild is the wind.
You touched me, I hear the sound
Of mandolins. And you kissed me,
With your kiss my life begins.
Love me, love me. Say you do.
Let me fly away with you.
Lyrics submitted by AmandaPanda345
Wild Is the Wind Lyrics as written by Dimitri Tiomkin Ned Washington
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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