"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.
Too bad baby, can this be, is there something wrong with you and me.
Guess we'll see I confess I don't know how we got into this mess might have guessed.
Day by day you're slowly running out of things to say.
So I may ask you why is it always me who has to try.
To make things feel right.
You never told what you feel inside, I thought you loved me, now I realise.
No matter how I try
You never seem to be satisfied.
And now you're tellin' me it's...
[Chorus: x2]
Too bad baby that you're so good to me, I like you, you love me.
Too bad baby you're so into me, I can't breathe.
You fall in love too easily.
Me and you, are slowly running out of things to do, nothing new.
I don't know, just why we don't agree, when I say YES, and you say NO.
Don't be shy, please tell why it is that we don't see
Eye to eye
So confused, I'm feeling helpless and I'm feeling used.
Like yesterdays news, girl
You never told what you feel inside, I thought you loved me, now I realise.
No matter how I try
You never seem to be satisfied.
And now you're tellin' me it's...
[Chorus]
It started from the day I met her
Walked over me I let her.
Friends who told me go and get her
They're telling me forget her.
Too bad baby, Think I'm going crazy.
Someone take me
Nothings gonna save me.
[Chorus: x2]
Guess we'll see I confess I don't know how we got into this mess might have guessed.
Day by day you're slowly running out of things to say.
So I may ask you why is it always me who has to try.
To make things feel right.
You never told what you feel inside, I thought you loved me, now I realise.
No matter how I try
You never seem to be satisfied.
And now you're tellin' me it's...
[Chorus: x2]
Too bad baby that you're so good to me, I like you, you love me.
Too bad baby you're so into me, I can't breathe.
You fall in love too easily.
Me and you, are slowly running out of things to do, nothing new.
I don't know, just why we don't agree, when I say YES, and you say NO.
Don't be shy, please tell why it is that we don't see
Eye to eye
So confused, I'm feeling helpless and I'm feeling used.
Like yesterdays news, girl
You never told what you feel inside, I thought you loved me, now I realise.
No matter how I try
You never seem to be satisfied.
And now you're tellin' me it's...
[Chorus]
It started from the day I met her
Walked over me I let her.
Friends who told me go and get her
They're telling me forget her.
Too bad baby, Think I'm going crazy.
Someone take me
Nothings gonna save me.
[Chorus: x2]
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This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
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Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
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I don't think it's necessarily about sex. It's about wanting to start the day with some love and affection. Maybe a warm cuddle. I'm not alone in interpreting it that way! For example:
"'Just a Little Lovin’ is a timeless country song originally recorded by Eddy Arnold in 1954. The song, written by Eddie Miller and Jimmy Campbell, explores the delicate nuances of love and showcases Arnold’s emotive vocals. It delves into the universal theme of love and how even the smallest gesture of affection can have a profound impact on our lives." https://oldtimemusic.com/the-meaning-behind-the-song-just-a-little-lovin-by-eddy-arnold/
Love it!!!