"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.
Oh, minha menina bonitinha, eu te dei
Todo meu carinho, meu aninho eu te dei
Verdes campos, flores amarelas, furta-cor
Dei a primavera, os sete mares meu amor
Lágrimas sofridas e feridas do meu peito
Dei minha palavra, minha honra, meu respeito
Todas as verdades e olhares que podia
É com qual coragem que você me repudia?
Oh, minha menina bonitinha, eu te dei
Vida de princesa, realeza eu te dei
No meu ombro o afago preocupado de um amigo
Jóia, casa, carro, seu sapato, seu vestido
Pra você, princesa, dediquei a minha vida
Levo desse amor o seu rancor e uma ferida
Apesar de tudo, minha linda, não te odeio
Mas sem tua boca inclino à morte sem receio
Dei pra ti as estrelas, os peixinhos e as aves
Todas as montanhas, das escalas dei as claves
Todas as canções que eu fiz eu fiz pra ti princesa
Tudo de mais belo que encontrei na natureza!
Todo meu carinho, meu aninho eu te dei
Verdes campos, flores amarelas, furta-cor
Dei a primavera, os sete mares meu amor
Lágrimas sofridas e feridas do meu peito
Dei minha palavra, minha honra, meu respeito
Todas as verdades e olhares que podia
É com qual coragem que você me repudia?
Oh, minha menina bonitinha, eu te dei
Vida de princesa, realeza eu te dei
No meu ombro o afago preocupado de um amigo
Jóia, casa, carro, seu sapato, seu vestido
Pra você, princesa, dediquei a minha vida
Levo desse amor o seu rancor e uma ferida
Apesar de tudo, minha linda, não te odeio
Mas sem tua boca inclino à morte sem receio
Dei pra ti as estrelas, os peixinhos e as aves
Todas as montanhas, das escalas dei as claves
Todas as canções que eu fiz eu fiz pra ti princesa
Tudo de mais belo que encontrei na natureza!
Lyrics submitted by MetalKronic
Lágrimas Sofridas Lyrics as written by Marcelo De Souza Camelo
Lyrics © UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUB GROUP
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