"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.
If you were in my heart I'd surely not break you
If you were beside me and my love would take you
I'll keep you in safety forever protect you
I'll hide you away from the world you rejected
I'll hide you
I'll hide you
Take my hand, show no fear
Look in my eyes, it's perfectly clear
I'll love you and cover you, ask me to tell you what I wanna do
I'll hide you away from danger, danger
Hide you, hide you, hide you, hide you
Hide you, hide you, hide you
If you were in my heart I'd surely not break you
If you were beside me and my love would take you
I'll keep you in safety forever protect you
I'll hide you away from the world you rejected
I'll hide you, I'll hide you
Take my hand, show no fear
Look in my eyes, it's perfectly clear
I'll love you and cover you ask me to tell you what I wanna do
I'll hide you away from danger, danger
Hide you, hide you, hide you, hide you
Hide you, hide you
If you were in my heart I'd surely not break you
If you were beside me and my love would take you
I'll keep you in safety forever protect you
I'll hide you away from the world you rejected
I'll hide you, I'll hide you
If you were in my heart I'd surely not break you
If you were beside me and my love would take you
I'll keep you in safety forever protect you
I'll hide you away from the world you rejected
I'll hide you
I'll hide you
If you were beside me and my love would take you
I'll keep you in safety forever protect you
I'll hide you away from the world you rejected
I'll hide you
I'll hide you
Take my hand, show no fear
Look in my eyes, it's perfectly clear
I'll love you and cover you, ask me to tell you what I wanna do
I'll hide you away from danger, danger
Hide you, hide you, hide you, hide you
Hide you, hide you, hide you
If you were in my heart I'd surely not break you
If you were beside me and my love would take you
I'll keep you in safety forever protect you
I'll hide you away from the world you rejected
I'll hide you, I'll hide you
Take my hand, show no fear
Look in my eyes, it's perfectly clear
I'll love you and cover you ask me to tell you what I wanna do
I'll hide you away from danger, danger
Hide you, hide you, hide you, hide you
Hide you, hide you
If you were in my heart I'd surely not break you
If you were beside me and my love would take you
I'll keep you in safety forever protect you
I'll hide you away from the world you rejected
I'll hide you, I'll hide you
If you were in my heart I'd surely not break you
If you were beside me and my love would take you
I'll keep you in safety forever protect you
I'll hide you away from the world you rejected
I'll hide you
I'll hide you
Hide U Lyrics as written by M. Morrison D. Beale
Lyrics © TAIRONA SONGS LTD
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