"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 world is full of wannabe's
They come and go like a
Summer breeze
They want the money
They want the fame
But you know you gotta earn it
Each and every day
If you can conceive it
Then you can achieve it
No one's goona give it to you
Go and get it!
You really gotta want it
you just gotta have it
You gotta be committed
You gotta live and breathe it
You really gotta mean it
Never be defeated
If you wanna reach your dream
Ain't no room for in-between
They say stop, you say go
You say yes, they say no
When they laugh, make fun of you
You just work harder
You've got things to prove
If you can believe it
Then receive it
Don't let nobody stand in your way
The first at practice, the last to leave
When others doubt,
That's when you believe
It's gonna take blood, sweat and tears
Before you're gonna hear the crowd cheer
You really gotta want it
you just gotta have it
You gotta be committed
You gotta live and breathe it
You really gotta want it
you just gotta have it
You gotta be committed
You gotta live and breathe it
No.no
You really gotta mean it
Never be defeated
If you wanna reach your dream
Ain't no room for in-between
Oh no, no
You really gotta want it
They come and go like a
Summer breeze
They want the money
They want the fame
But you know you gotta earn it
Each and every day
If you can conceive it
Then you can achieve it
No one's goona give it to you
Go and get it!
You really gotta want it
you just gotta have it
You gotta be committed
You gotta live and breathe it
You really gotta mean it
Never be defeated
If you wanna reach your dream
Ain't no room for in-between
They say stop, you say go
You say yes, they say no
When they laugh, make fun of you
You just work harder
You've got things to prove
If you can believe it
Then receive it
Don't let nobody stand in your way
The first at practice, the last to leave
When others doubt,
That's when you believe
It's gonna take blood, sweat and tears
Before you're gonna hear the crowd cheer
You really gotta want it
you just gotta have it
You gotta be committed
You gotta live and breathe it
You really gotta want it
you just gotta have it
You gotta be committed
You gotta live and breathe it
No.no
You really gotta mean it
Never be defeated
If you wanna reach your dream
Ain't no room for in-between
Oh no, no
You really gotta want it
Lyrics submitted by KungFuChica
Really Gotta Want It Lyrics as written by David Martin Dave Pickell
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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