"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.
Someday out of the blue
In a crowded street
Or a deserted square
I turn and I see you
As if our love were new
Someday we can start again someday soon
Here comes the night
Here come the memories
Lost in your arms
Down in the Foreign field
Not so long ago
Seems like eternity
Those sweet afternoons
Still capture me
Someday out of the blue
In a crowded street
Or a deserted square
I turn and I see you
As if our love were new
Someday we can start again someday soon
I still believe
I still put faith in us
We had it all
And watched it slip away
Where are we now
Not where we want to be
Those hot afternoons
Still follow me
Someday out of the blue
Maybe years from now
Or tomorrow night
I turn and I see you
As if we always knew
Someday we would live again someday soon
I still believe
I still put faith in us
I still believe
I still put faith in us
I still believe
I still put faith in us
Here comes the night
Here come the memories
Lost in your arms
Down in the Foreign field
Not so long ago
Seems like eternity
Those sweet afternoons
Still capture me
Someday out of the blue
Maybe years from now
Or tomorrow night
I turn and I see you
As if we always knew
Someday we would live again someday soon
Someday out of the blue
In a crowded street
Or a deserted square
I turn and I see you
As if our love were new
Someday we can start again someday soon
I still believe
I still put faith in us
I still believe
I still put faith in us
I still believe
I still put faith in us
I still believe
I still put faith in us
I still believe
I still put faith in us
I still believe
I still put faith in us
In a crowded street
Or a deserted square
I turn and I see you
As if our love were new
Someday we can start again someday soon
Here comes the night
Here come the memories
Lost in your arms
Down in the Foreign field
Not so long ago
Seems like eternity
Those sweet afternoons
Still capture me
Someday out of the blue
In a crowded street
Or a deserted square
I turn and I see you
As if our love were new
Someday we can start again someday soon
I still believe
I still put faith in us
We had it all
And watched it slip away
Where are we now
Not where we want to be
Those hot afternoons
Still follow me
Someday out of the blue
Maybe years from now
Or tomorrow night
I turn and I see you
As if we always knew
Someday we would live again someday soon
I still believe
I still put faith in us
I still believe
I still put faith in us
I still believe
I still put faith in us
Here comes the night
Here come the memories
Lost in your arms
Down in the Foreign field
Not so long ago
Seems like eternity
Those sweet afternoons
Still capture me
Someday out of the blue
Maybe years from now
Or tomorrow night
I turn and I see you
As if we always knew
Someday we would live again someday soon
Someday out of the blue
In a crowded street
Or a deserted square
I turn and I see you
As if our love were new
Someday we can start again someday soon
I still believe
I still put faith in us
I still believe
I still put faith in us
I still believe
I still put faith in us
I still believe
I still put faith in us
I still believe
I still put faith in us
I still believe
I still put faith in us
Lyrics submitted by StarzBSL04
Someday Out Of The Blue Lyrics as written by Tim Rice Elton John
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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i saw the movie "Road to El Dorado" and so I like this song. I am a sucker for cartoons.