"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.
It hurts me when you cry
When you feel the love is gone
Don't give up on us
When you got so much to believe in
And I beg you please stay
Strangers in the night
A flame that never dies
In a world of lonely faces
You need someone to survive
A heart like yours
Should never live alone
[Chorus:]
Let me be your bodyguard
I can be useful to you
We can just get excited
Stop before we go too far
Let me be your bodyguard
Living in my protection
We can just get ignited
Lost inside
It's only you and me
There's things you shouldn't do
You lose your self control
Should the eyes of a perfect stranger
Take you down to a new sensation
Just turn back to me
Don't wait till its gone
Don't go where you don't belong
In this world of pain and sorrow
Every wish is your command
A heart like yours
Should always find a home
I know the signs and I'm telling you
You're living on borrowed time
But a heart needs love
Like a flower needs rain
Like I'm making you mine
Let me be your bodyguard
I can be useful to you
We can just get excited
Stop before we go too far, my love, my life
Let me be your bodyguard
Living in my protection
We can just get ignited
What we had never known all our lives
I pray its not too late
I would die by your side my love
I'm the life that you save
In this world of pain and sorrow
Every wish is your command
A heart like yours should never live alone
I used to dream of a special one
And now I feel it coming true
But I could'nt let go, I'm a jealous guy
What you're putting me through
I'm begging you
Let me be your bodyguard
I can be useful to you
We can just get excited
Stop before we go too far my love, my life
Let me be your bodyguard
Living in my protection
We can just get ignited
Stop before we go too far
Stop before we go too far my love, my life
Stop before we go too far my love, my life
Let me be your bodyguard
I can be useful to you
We can just get excited
Stop before we go too far my love, my life
Let me be your bodyguard
Living in my protection
We can just get ignited
Stop before we go too far, my love, my life
Let me be your bodyguard
I can be useful to you
We can just get excited
Stop before we go too far
When you feel the love is gone
Don't give up on us
When you got so much to believe in
And I beg you please stay
Strangers in the night
A flame that never dies
In a world of lonely faces
You need someone to survive
A heart like yours
Should never live alone
[Chorus:]
Let me be your bodyguard
I can be useful to you
We can just get excited
Stop before we go too far
Let me be your bodyguard
Living in my protection
We can just get ignited
Lost inside
It's only you and me
There's things you shouldn't do
You lose your self control
Should the eyes of a perfect stranger
Take you down to a new sensation
Just turn back to me
Don't wait till its gone
Don't go where you don't belong
In this world of pain and sorrow
Every wish is your command
A heart like yours
Should always find a home
I know the signs and I'm telling you
You're living on borrowed time
But a heart needs love
Like a flower needs rain
Like I'm making you mine
Let me be your bodyguard
I can be useful to you
We can just get excited
Stop before we go too far, my love, my life
Let me be your bodyguard
Living in my protection
We can just get ignited
What we had never known all our lives
I pray its not too late
I would die by your side my love
I'm the life that you save
In this world of pain and sorrow
Every wish is your command
A heart like yours should never live alone
I used to dream of a special one
And now I feel it coming true
But I could'nt let go, I'm a jealous guy
What you're putting me through
I'm begging you
Let me be your bodyguard
I can be useful to you
We can just get excited
Stop before we go too far my love, my life
Let me be your bodyguard
Living in my protection
We can just get ignited
Stop before we go too far
Stop before we go too far my love, my life
Stop before we go too far my love, my life
Let me be your bodyguard
I can be useful to you
We can just get excited
Stop before we go too far my love, my life
Let me be your bodyguard
Living in my protection
We can just get ignited
Stop before we go too far, my love, my life
Let me be your bodyguard
I can be useful to you
We can just get excited
Stop before we go too far
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