"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.
We were practically unending
but we were ruined by practicality
We are forever, for all intents and purposes
done with whatever but you never intended to work on this
Oh well you never wanted anything so serious
And the autumn wind catches up to us
It was a summer romance, and nothing more
That's a lot less than what I bargained for
Was the best of times but all good things must end
Maybe next year we can try again
(maybe next June)
Maybe next time we can make it last
(oh)
We were star crossed lovers from another time
in history with a thousand miles
wasn't too much to walk
and nine months worth the wait
but we belong to different seasons
with different reasons and they rise
And don't disappear from your memory
with the (fading of your tan line)
It was a summer romance, and nothing more
That's a lot less than what I bargained for
Was the best of times but all good things must end
Maybe next year we can try again
(maybe next June)
Maybe next time we can make it last
3 months at Princeton and summer's long since forgotten
Do you ever wonder what you're missing
I keep holding my breath and wishing
you'll be coming home
to hold me and prove this all wrong
All right
It was a summer romance and nothing more
That's a lot less than what I bargained for
It was the best of times but all good things must end
Maybe next year we can try again
(maybe next June)
Maybe next time we can make it last
Maybe next year we can try again
(maybe next June)
Maybe next time we can make it last
September comes too soon.
but we were ruined by practicality
We are forever, for all intents and purposes
done with whatever but you never intended to work on this
Oh well you never wanted anything so serious
And the autumn wind catches up to us
It was a summer romance, and nothing more
That's a lot less than what I bargained for
Was the best of times but all good things must end
Maybe next year we can try again
(maybe next June)
Maybe next time we can make it last
(oh)
We were star crossed lovers from another time
in history with a thousand miles
wasn't too much to walk
and nine months worth the wait
but we belong to different seasons
with different reasons and they rise
And don't disappear from your memory
with the (fading of your tan line)
It was a summer romance, and nothing more
That's a lot less than what I bargained for
Was the best of times but all good things must end
Maybe next year we can try again
(maybe next June)
Maybe next time we can make it last
3 months at Princeton and summer's long since forgotten
Do you ever wonder what you're missing
I keep holding my breath and wishing
you'll be coming home
to hold me and prove this all wrong
All right
It was a summer romance and nothing more
That's a lot less than what I bargained for
It was the best of times but all good things must end
Maybe next year we can try again
(maybe next June)
Maybe next time we can make it last
Maybe next year we can try again
(maybe next June)
Maybe next time we can make it last
September comes too soon.
Lyrics submitted by liadyn
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