"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 am so
sad now that
my tears
my tears
MY TEARS
won't stop
since we broke up
I cannot see anything
my eyes
MY EYES
see all black
I should've known you were
that kinda man who will
change his mind all the time
but I believed that you
liked me and only me
that summer day
after we kissed
under the burning sun
and you held me in your arms
all that was just a game mon amour
alone and having nowhere to go
I wander in the streets
so many tears that I can't
see anything
you are unforgettable
that's why my heart is broken
although I must say that
the end of our love, I saw it coming
that summer day
under shooting stars
you whispered
sweet words of love to me
I won't forget mon amour
alone and having nowhere to go
I wander in the streets
so many tears that I can't
see anything
I shoulda known you were that kinda man
who changes his mind all the time
all those beautiful memories
fade out
that summer day
in your arms
I shivered as I dreamt
sweet dreams
adieu mon amour
alone and having nowhere to go
I wander in the streets
so many tears that I can't
see anything
mon amour
mon amour
mon amour tokyo
sad now that
my tears
my tears
MY TEARS
won't stop
since we broke up
I cannot see anything
my eyes
MY EYES
see all black
I should've known you were
that kinda man who will
change his mind all the time
but I believed that you
liked me and only me
that summer day
after we kissed
under the burning sun
and you held me in your arms
all that was just a game mon amour
alone and having nowhere to go
I wander in the streets
so many tears that I can't
see anything
you are unforgettable
that's why my heart is broken
although I must say that
the end of our love, I saw it coming
that summer day
under shooting stars
you whispered
sweet words of love to me
I won't forget mon amour
alone and having nowhere to go
I wander in the streets
so many tears that I can't
see anything
I shoulda known you were that kinda man
who changes his mind all the time
all those beautiful memories
fade out
that summer day
in your arms
I shivered as I dreamt
sweet dreams
adieu mon amour
alone and having nowhere to go
I wander in the streets
so many tears that I can't
see anything
mon amour
mon amour
mon amour tokyo
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
Mon Amour Tokyo Lyrics as written by Yashuharu Konishi
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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