"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 worst time, to hit you with my first line, no
Everything seemed fine, when I hold you like you're one-of-a-kind
You said you were a sure sign, it's feeling like the last time
Play it back, it's going over and over
Give it up and pull me through, all of this to tell you...
I've been thinking, take me now, I'm in too far
Can't stop feeling, doesn't matter who you are
This could be my last goodbye
You could stay, I'll be alright
I've been thinking, take me now, I'm in too far
If I might say, all of this seems to float away from...
Your lips when they're kissing me, and your hips when leaving me for
The last time, I'm thinking of the first time, ohh
The first time, I'm thinking of the last time
Play it back, it's going over and over
You're trying me so I'm moving on, all of this to tell you...
I've been thinking, take me now, I'm in too far
Can't stop feeling, doesn't matter who you are
This could be my last goodbye
You could stay, I'll be alright
I've been thinking, take me now, I'm in too far
This is where we left off and I'm trying hard to let go
This is where we left off and I'm still waiting to see if you'll show
The first time, I'm thinking of the last time
The last time, I'm thinking of the first time
I've been thinking, take me now, I'm in too far
Can't stop feeling, doesn't matter who you are
This could be my last goodbye,
You could stay, I'll be alright
I've been thinking, take me now, I'm in too far
Everything seemed fine, when I hold you like you're one-of-a-kind
You said you were a sure sign, it's feeling like the last time
Play it back, it's going over and over
Give it up and pull me through, all of this to tell you...
I've been thinking, take me now, I'm in too far
Can't stop feeling, doesn't matter who you are
This could be my last goodbye
You could stay, I'll be alright
I've been thinking, take me now, I'm in too far
If I might say, all of this seems to float away from...
Your lips when they're kissing me, and your hips when leaving me for
The last time, I'm thinking of the first time, ohh
The first time, I'm thinking of the last time
Play it back, it's going over and over
You're trying me so I'm moving on, all of this to tell you...
I've been thinking, take me now, I'm in too far
Can't stop feeling, doesn't matter who you are
This could be my last goodbye
You could stay, I'll be alright
I've been thinking, take me now, I'm in too far
This is where we left off and I'm trying hard to let go
This is where we left off and I'm still waiting to see if you'll show
The first time, I'm thinking of the last time
The last time, I'm thinking of the first time
I've been thinking, take me now, I'm in too far
Can't stop feeling, doesn't matter who you are
This could be my last goodbye,
You could stay, I'll be alright
I've been thinking, take me now, I'm in too far
Lyrics submitted by Franniebaby23
In Too Far Lyrics as written by Mcalhaney Cloyd
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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