"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.
It happens every time,
You've given me the sign,
We start to get it on,
But then you stop me.
You know i've had it up to here,
You need to be more clear,
'cause you're the one that let me here,
So take me,
[Chorus]
'cause you said that you would,
But then you changed your mind,
How could you do this to me,
It's just so unkind.
And it's cruel if you say that you'll go all the way,
I can't wait for the day,
That you don't change your mind.
You've got to understand,
Things are getting out of hand,
You can't just leave me sitting here unseen to.
You know i don't know what to do,
Or how long to wait for you,
You said you needed time so i won't rush you.
[Chorus]
That you don't change your mind.
I'll never let you down,
I'll always be around,
When you need someone
To catch you when you fall down.
I'm waiting here for you,
If you decide you want to.
If you want me to stay
Then i'm only a phone call away.
'cause you said that you would,
But then you changed your mind,
How could you do this to me,
It's just so unkind.
And it's cruel if you say that you'll go all the way,
I can't wait for the day,
That you don't change...
And it's cruel if you say that you'll go all the way,
I can't wait for the day,
That you don't change your mind,
You don't change your mind.
You've given me the sign,
We start to get it on,
But then you stop me.
You know i've had it up to here,
You need to be more clear,
'cause you're the one that let me here,
So take me,
[Chorus]
'cause you said that you would,
But then you changed your mind,
How could you do this to me,
It's just so unkind.
And it's cruel if you say that you'll go all the way,
I can't wait for the day,
That you don't change your mind.
You've got to understand,
Things are getting out of hand,
You can't just leave me sitting here unseen to.
You know i don't know what to do,
Or how long to wait for you,
You said you needed time so i won't rush you.
[Chorus]
That you don't change your mind.
I'll never let you down,
I'll always be around,
When you need someone
To catch you when you fall down.
I'm waiting here for you,
If you decide you want to.
If you want me to stay
Then i'm only a phone call away.
'cause you said that you would,
But then you changed your mind,
How could you do this to me,
It's just so unkind.
And it's cruel if you say that you'll go all the way,
I can't wait for the day,
That you don't change...
And it's cruel if you say that you'll go all the way,
I can't wait for the day,
That you don't change your mind,
You don't change your mind.
Lyrics submitted by nutty dolphin
All the Way Lyrics as written by Norman Caesar Kerri-lyn Simpson
Lyrics © Royalty Network, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group, Downtown Music Publishing, Kassner Associated Publishers Ltd, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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