"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.
Hello, how are you doing today
I hope I find you feeling healthy
I'm so glad our paths crossed this time today
On our way into the night
I say it’s love that treats us well, keeps us dancing and romancing
Baby I love you up and down and inside out
Say love when I approach tears they fall like rain
You tell me baby your heart’s into a thousand pieces dies
Stop, only old and wise with clouded eyes
You can't see what I can see
I blindly throw my faith to the face
Of the next pretty girl to come my way
So here we are all of us stand around
We're leaning heavy on each other
Always wondering what is it lies behind
The worried eyes of one another
Well I believe it’s love that’s hiding there, deep down inside us all
So baby I do not understand this twist you have
Love when I approach the tears they fall like rain
You tell me baby your heart’s into a thousand pieces dashed
Stop, only old and wise with clouded eyes
You can't see what I can
I blindly throw my faith to the face
Of the next good thing to come my way
I say it’s love
Don’t keep it down, keep it out, let it out, sellin’
Baby, celebrate it all, it’s doing fine
Say love, when I approach your tears they fall like rain
You tell me baby, your heart’s into a thousand pieces
That’s love
Baby
Love
Baby
Love
Teach us well, pieces, dancing and romancing
Baby
Two of us, turn, turn together
Love
Baby
Love
I guess I’ll never stop
Baby
Gonna be an eternity in here
Love
Each in the light of love, with expectations
Baby
I hope I find you feeling healthy
I'm so glad our paths crossed this time today
On our way into the night
I say it’s love that treats us well, keeps us dancing and romancing
Baby I love you up and down and inside out
Say love when I approach tears they fall like rain
You tell me baby your heart’s into a thousand pieces dies
Stop, only old and wise with clouded eyes
You can't see what I can see
I blindly throw my faith to the face
Of the next pretty girl to come my way
So here we are all of us stand around
We're leaning heavy on each other
Always wondering what is it lies behind
The worried eyes of one another
Well I believe it’s love that’s hiding there, deep down inside us all
So baby I do not understand this twist you have
Love when I approach the tears they fall like rain
You tell me baby your heart’s into a thousand pieces dashed
Stop, only old and wise with clouded eyes
You can't see what I can
I blindly throw my faith to the face
Of the next good thing to come my way
I say it’s love
Don’t keep it down, keep it out, let it out, sellin’
Baby, celebrate it all, it’s doing fine
Say love, when I approach your tears they fall like rain
You tell me baby, your heart’s into a thousand pieces
That’s love
Baby
Love
Baby
Love
Teach us well, pieces, dancing and romancing
Baby
Two of us, turn, turn together
Love
Baby
Love
I guess I’ll never stop
Baby
Gonna be an eternity in here
Love
Each in the light of love, with expectations
Baby
Lyrics submitted by antifox64, edited by mikeryancu
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