"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 swore i'd never get involved
Said i'd never ever fall in love
cuz it hurt me once before
would it hurt me ne more
since then time has changed it's different now..
hypnotized by you and wondered how
i fell into your arms, and i was captured by your charm
Chorus:
and here i go...fallin in love again
(falling in love again..fallin in love again)
here i go..falling in love again
(falling in love again..falling in love again)
lost and scared as i can be
cant help thinking of the mystery
that i shared in my first love,
like a pair of mismatched gloves
and now you've found your way into my world
touched the woman deep inside the girl
can you tell me if it's real?
I've forgotten how to feel
Chours
here i go falling in love again
the damage is already done
how can i ever turn my back on loving you
here i go giving my all again
i'm ready to show what i feel
if you will, take this loving to your heart...
and now you've found your way into my world
touched the woman deep inside the girl
can you tell me if it's real?
I've forgotten how to feel
here i go falling in love again
the damage is already done
how can i ever turn my back on loving you
here i go giving my all again
i'm ready to show what i feel
if you will, take this loving to your heart...
here i go....i'm giving my heart again
(fallin in love again)
seems like a battle i just cant win
(here i go..)
oh i'm in love and i cant win..(fallin in love again)
i'll be ready through thick and thin
(here i go..)
i'm falling in love again, i'm falling in love again
(falling in love again) i'm falling in love again
(here i go...) here i go, here i go, catch me i'm falling
(falling in love again)
i'm lost without your love
here i go..
Said i'd never ever fall in love
cuz it hurt me once before
would it hurt me ne more
since then time has changed it's different now..
hypnotized by you and wondered how
i fell into your arms, and i was captured by your charm
Chorus:
and here i go...fallin in love again
(falling in love again..fallin in love again)
here i go..falling in love again
(falling in love again..falling in love again)
lost and scared as i can be
cant help thinking of the mystery
that i shared in my first love,
like a pair of mismatched gloves
and now you've found your way into my world
touched the woman deep inside the girl
can you tell me if it's real?
I've forgotten how to feel
Chours
here i go falling in love again
the damage is already done
how can i ever turn my back on loving you
here i go giving my all again
i'm ready to show what i feel
if you will, take this loving to your heart...
and now you've found your way into my world
touched the woman deep inside the girl
can you tell me if it's real?
I've forgotten how to feel
here i go falling in love again
the damage is already done
how can i ever turn my back on loving you
here i go giving my all again
i'm ready to show what i feel
if you will, take this loving to your heart...
here i go....i'm giving my heart again
(fallin in love again)
seems like a battle i just cant win
(here i go..)
oh i'm in love and i cant win..(fallin in love again)
i'll be ready through thick and thin
(here i go..)
i'm falling in love again, i'm falling in love again
(falling in love again) i'm falling in love again
(here i go...) here i go, here i go, catch me i'm falling
(falling in love again)
i'm lost without your love
here i go..
Lyrics submitted by Golgotha
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