"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.
The summer is over and it seems as though we are too.
Too many late nights spent arguing and ending up alone.
I wanted to stay, wanted to make things right with you.
But when the time came for us to break up you were out the door.
But saying goodbye is something I will not do.
Because a day without waking up next to you.
Is like trying to live without any breathe for my lungs.
And tonight this summer is lasting as long as I need.
So I sat out your window professing my love on my knees.
But you turned your back and told me just to go home.
So I wrote you a song and sang it at all of my shows.
But my singing about you seems to last longer than the crowds seem to stay.
But saying goodbye is something I refuse to do.
Because a day without waking up next to you.
Is like trying to live without any breathe for my lungs.
And tonight this summer is lasting as long as I need.
So this summer is over and so is your love for me.
It seems that we will never be together again.
Whenever I see you walking a long the street,
I remember the day that you turned your back on me
But saying goodbye is something I just can not do.
Because a day without waking up next to you.
Is like trying to live without any breathe for my lungs.
And tonight this summer should last as long as I need.
Too many late nights spent arguing and ending up alone.
I wanted to stay, wanted to make things right with you.
But when the time came for us to break up you were out the door.
But saying goodbye is something I will not do.
Because a day without waking up next to you.
Is like trying to live without any breathe for my lungs.
And tonight this summer is lasting as long as I need.
So I sat out your window professing my love on my knees.
But you turned your back and told me just to go home.
So I wrote you a song and sang it at all of my shows.
But my singing about you seems to last longer than the crowds seem to stay.
But saying goodbye is something I refuse to do.
Because a day without waking up next to you.
Is like trying to live without any breathe for my lungs.
And tonight this summer is lasting as long as I need.
So this summer is over and so is your love for me.
It seems that we will never be together again.
Whenever I see you walking a long the street,
I remember the day that you turned your back on me
But saying goodbye is something I just can not do.
Because a day without waking up next to you.
Is like trying to live without any breathe for my lungs.
And tonight this summer should last as long as I need.
Lyrics submitted by Milkman_Records
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