"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 feel like I'm losing my best friend
Every time we fight it seems like I lose
Please be nice my patience is wearing thin
And I don't think I'll make it to tomorrow
Talking to you is getting harder everyday
I can't believe we're still friends
After everything that's happened
These problems we have are slowly killing me
And I want you to know that I am sorry
I want you to know that I still care
I want you to know I didn't mean what I said
But I want to know...will everything be ok tomorrow
I feel like I'm losing my best friend
Everytime we fight it seems like I lose
I hope we stick this I hope we can fix this
It's so hard to stay mad at you
And I want you to know that I am sorry
I want you to know that I still care
I want you to know I didn't mean what I said
But I want to know...will everything be ok tomorrow
This attitude you give me is pissing me off
And everything you say goes straight to my head
My head is pounding, my stomach is hurting
I don't need this...I can't take this
Nothing will change everything we've said
Maybe we can start over, give it one more shot
We've lost it all, I can't afford to lose you
I'm sorry, starting tomorrow I try harder
Every time we fight it seems like I lose
Please be nice my patience is wearing thin
And I don't think I'll make it to tomorrow
Talking to you is getting harder everyday
I can't believe we're still friends
After everything that's happened
These problems we have are slowly killing me
And I want you to know that I am sorry
I want you to know that I still care
I want you to know I didn't mean what I said
But I want to know...will everything be ok tomorrow
I feel like I'm losing my best friend
Everytime we fight it seems like I lose
I hope we stick this I hope we can fix this
It's so hard to stay mad at you
And I want you to know that I am sorry
I want you to know that I still care
I want you to know I didn't mean what I said
But I want to know...will everything be ok tomorrow
This attitude you give me is pissing me off
And everything you say goes straight to my head
My head is pounding, my stomach is hurting
I don't need this...I can't take this
Nothing will change everything we've said
Maybe we can start over, give it one more shot
We've lost it all, I can't afford to lose you
I'm sorry, starting tomorrow I try harder
Lyrics submitted by nofx7593
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