"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'll pick you up beneath the stars
When you slowly fade
Beneath the blue skies above
We'll all look the same
You just need something
To get you on your feet again
You picked a life that you can't trust
And it makes you mad
And all along you wonder why
You just feel sad
If you feel like love
Can get you on your feet again
You just need something
To get you on your feet again
Did they give you more than your life could keep
Does it speak to you when you fall asleep
Can you walk away from all that you know
Could you hide the strength
Would you let it show
If you feel like love
Can get you on your feet again
You just need something
To get you on your feet again
I'll pick you up beneath the stars
When you slowly fade
Beneath the blue skies above
We'll all look the same
When you slowly fade
Beneath the blue skies above
We'll all look the same
You just need something
To get you on your feet again
You picked a life that you can't trust
And it makes you mad
And all along you wonder why
You just feel sad
If you feel like love
Can get you on your feet again
You just need something
To get you on your feet again
Did they give you more than your life could keep
Does it speak to you when you fall asleep
Can you walk away from all that you know
Could you hide the strength
Would you let it show
If you feel like love
Can get you on your feet again
You just need something
To get you on your feet again
I'll pick you up beneath the stars
When you slowly fade
Beneath the blue skies above
We'll all look the same
Lyrics submitted by mickeyb1ueeyes
On Your Feet Again Lyrics as written by Emerson Hart
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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