"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.
[Song originally sung by Elvis Presley
Off the Lilo and Stitch soundtrack]
Do do do do do do do do
do de do (do do)
I just can't help falling in love with you
Wise men say only
fools rush in
but I can't help falling in love with you
Shall (Shall) I stay (I stay)
would it be a sin (be a sin)
If I can't help falling in love with you
Like a river flows (Ooh Ooh Ooh)
to the sea
so it goes (Ooh Ooh Ooh)
some things are meant to be
(some things are meant to be)
take (take) my hand (my hand)
take my whole life too (whole life too)
for I can't help falling in love with you
Wise men say
only fools rush in
but I can't (I can't) help falling in love (falling in love)
with you (with you)
Like a river flows (Ooh Ooh Ooh)
to the sea
so it goes (Ooh Ooh Ooh)
some things are meant to be
(some things are meant to be)
take (take) my hand (my hand)
take my whole life too (whole life too)
for I (I) can't help falling in love with you
take (take) my hand (my hand)
take my whole life too (whole life too)
for I (I) can't help falling in love
with you (falling in love with you)
for I (I) can't help falling in love
(love love love)
falling in love with you
Like a river flows
that's the way it goes
I just can't help falling in love with you
(falling in love with you)
Like a river flows (take my hand)
that's the way it goes
(my whole life too)
I just can't help falling in love with you
Like a river flows (take my hand)
(I just can't help myself)
that's the way it goes
(my whole life too)
X2
Off the Lilo and Stitch soundtrack]
Do do do do do do do do
do de do (do do)
I just can't help falling in love with you
Wise men say only
fools rush in
but I can't help falling in love with you
Shall (Shall) I stay (I stay)
would it be a sin (be a sin)
If I can't help falling in love with you
Like a river flows (Ooh Ooh Ooh)
to the sea
so it goes (Ooh Ooh Ooh)
some things are meant to be
(some things are meant to be)
take (take) my hand (my hand)
take my whole life too (whole life too)
for I can't help falling in love with you
Wise men say
only fools rush in
but I can't (I can't) help falling in love (falling in love)
with you (with you)
Like a river flows (Ooh Ooh Ooh)
to the sea
so it goes (Ooh Ooh Ooh)
some things are meant to be
(some things are meant to be)
take (take) my hand (my hand)
take my whole life too (whole life too)
for I (I) can't help falling in love with you
take (take) my hand (my hand)
take my whole life too (whole life too)
for I (I) can't help falling in love
with you (falling in love with you)
for I (I) can't help falling in love
(love love love)
falling in love with you
Like a river flows
that's the way it goes
I just can't help falling in love with you
(falling in love with you)
Like a river flows (take my hand)
that's the way it goes
(my whole life too)
I just can't help falling in love with you
Like a river flows (take my hand)
(I just can't help myself)
that's the way it goes
(my whole life too)
X2
Lyrics submitted by xxazndalexx
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This song rocks!!I can't help falling in love with u...
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shit. the song is good (originally). but ateens destroys it. ucking lame.
The person loves some one and they can't help but think about the other person sooo much 24/7
i love this song. The Elvis version and this version are both great. :]
It is easier for me to sing the Elvis version cause it is slower and not that many key changes. But I MUCH rather listen to the A*Teens version, alot easier on the ears.
I strongly agree with Solitary. This is my kind of song...every time I hear it it makes me think about my best friend, who just happens to be a girl which I really like. This one is 4 you Laura!!!!
Really ?? This song make me think of my bestfriend too.. who is a boy which i has a crush on..