"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.
So every day I see you in some other face
They crack a smile, talk a while
Try to take your place
My memory serves me far too well
I just sit here on this mountain thinking to myself
You're a fool boy
Why don't you go down
Find somebody
Find somebody else
My memory (my memory) serves me far too well
It's not as though we just broke up
It's not as though it was yesterday, yeah
But something I just can't explain
Something in me needs this pain
I know I'll never see your face again
(Uh, uh, uh, uh) c'mon now
(Uh, uh, uh, uh) I've got to be strong now
Now everybody's talking about this new decade
Like you say the magic numbers
Then just say goodbye to the stupid mistakes you made
Oh my memory (oh, my memory) serves me far too well
Don't you know that
The years will come and go
Some of us will change our lives
Some of us still have nothing to show
Nothing, baby (nothing, baby)
But memories (but memories)
And if these wounds
They are self-inflicted
I don't really know
How my poor heart could have protected me
But if I have to carry this pain
If you will not share the blame
I deserve to see your face again
(Uh, uh, uh, uh) c'mon now
(Uh, uh, uh, uh) you don't have to be so strong now
Come back, come back, come back, come back
Come back, come back, come back
Oh, come back to me darling
I will make it worth your while
Come back to your baby
I miss your kiss
I miss your smile
Seems to me the peace I search to find
Ain't going to be mine until you say you will
Don't you keep me waiting for that day (uh, uh, uh, uh)
I know, I know, I know you hear these words that I say
(Uh, uh, uh, uh)
I know, I know, I know
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want, oh
Come back, come back, come back, come back
Come back, come back, come back
They crack a smile, talk a while
Try to take your place
My memory serves me far too well
I just sit here on this mountain thinking to myself
You're a fool boy
Why don't you go down
Find somebody
Find somebody else
My memory (my memory) serves me far too well
It's not as though we just broke up
It's not as though it was yesterday, yeah
But something I just can't explain
Something in me needs this pain
I know I'll never see your face again
(Uh, uh, uh, uh) c'mon now
(Uh, uh, uh, uh) I've got to be strong now
Now everybody's talking about this new decade
Like you say the magic numbers
Then just say goodbye to the stupid mistakes you made
Oh my memory (oh, my memory) serves me far too well
Don't you know that
The years will come and go
Some of us will change our lives
Some of us still have nothing to show
Nothing, baby (nothing, baby)
But memories (but memories)
And if these wounds
They are self-inflicted
I don't really know
How my poor heart could have protected me
But if I have to carry this pain
If you will not share the blame
I deserve to see your face again
(Uh, uh, uh, uh) c'mon now
(Uh, uh, uh, uh) you don't have to be so strong now
Come back, come back, come back, come back
Come back, come back, come back
Oh, come back to me darling
I will make it worth your while
Come back to your baby
I miss your kiss
I miss your smile
Seems to me the peace I search to find
Ain't going to be mine until you say you will
Don't you keep me waiting for that day (uh, uh, uh, uh)
I know, I know, I know you hear these words that I say
(Uh, uh, uh, uh)
I know, I know, I know
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want, oh
Come back, come back, come back, come back
Come back, come back, come back
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it's the lyrics, rather than the song. i just realised i'm still in love with my ex - but now we both have someone new.... bugger....
chimpunk hmm.. that's uh.. bad? :/
This about a French guy called Tony who he was totally infatuated and in love with. He used to follow Tony around the world.........yes, he followed Tony.
My ex , y or z My love, friend or the 1 that got away i no longer get to see or hold whatever the label or capacity I heard from or connected with just today sent this song and it hit me in the kisser my heart & soul its a haunting melody with heartfelt devotion Hes right ( for a change) the memories serve me far too well I can even remember just a touch of his hand in mine and many many touches come back im already there