"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.
I hear the wind call your name
It calls me back home again
It sparks up the fire
A flame that still burns
Oh, it's to you
I'll always return
Yeah
I still feel your breath on my skin
I hear your voice deep within
The sound of my lover
A feeling so strong
It's to you
I'll always belong
Now I know it's true, yeah
My every road leads to you
And in the hour of darkness darlin'
Your light gets me through
Wanna swim in your river
Be warmed by your sun
Bathe in your waters
'Cause you are the one
I can't stand the distance
I can't dream alone
I can't wait to see you
Yes, I'm on my way home
Oh, I hear the wind call your name
The sound that leads me home again
It sparks up the fire
A flame that still burns
Oh, it's to you
I will always return
Wanna swim in your river
Be warmed by your sun
Bathe in your waters
'Cause you are the one
I can't stand the distance
I can't dream alone
I can't wait to see you
Yes, I'm on my way home
Oh, I hear the wind call your name
It sends me back home again
It sparks up the fire
A flame that still burns
Yeah, I'm on my way
I will always return
Yes, I will always return
I see every sun set
And with all that I've learned, oh
It's to you, I will always
Always return
It calls me back home again
It sparks up the fire
A flame that still burns
Oh, it's to you
I'll always return
Yeah
I still feel your breath on my skin
I hear your voice deep within
The sound of my lover
A feeling so strong
It's to you
I'll always belong
Now I know it's true, yeah
My every road leads to you
And in the hour of darkness darlin'
Your light gets me through
Wanna swim in your river
Be warmed by your sun
Bathe in your waters
'Cause you are the one
I can't stand the distance
I can't dream alone
I can't wait to see you
Yes, I'm on my way home
Oh, I hear the wind call your name
The sound that leads me home again
It sparks up the fire
A flame that still burns
Oh, it's to you
I will always return
Wanna swim in your river
Be warmed by your sun
Bathe in your waters
'Cause you are the one
I can't stand the distance
I can't dream alone
I can't wait to see you
Yes, I'm on my way home
Oh, I hear the wind call your name
It sends me back home again
It sparks up the fire
A flame that still burns
Yeah, I'm on my way
I will always return
Yes, I will always return
I see every sun set
And with all that I've learned, oh
It's to you, I will always
Always return
Lyrics submitted by kevlar_soul
I Will Always Return Lyrics as written by Robert Lange Bryan Adams
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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I LOVE , LOVE , LOVE THIS SONG .. I will always return for u .. XXx0xx