"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.
They married on a fancy yacht out on the water
He knew she was young enough to be his daughter
There're always questions in the heart of millionaires
Would she make heartfelt promises if the money was not there?
And he said, "Do you love me, baby? Do you want me to hold?
Or are you just digging for gold?
Do you care enough to give me your heart and soul?
Or are you just digging for gold?"
She ran his weary heart through the ringer
And she wore him like the diamond ring around her finger
Well, his advances and affections she managed to avoid
But she got the lap of luxury, and he got paranoid
And he said, "Do you love me, baby? Do you want me to hold?
Or are you just digging for gold?
Do you care enough to give me your heart and soul?
Or are you just digging for gold, digging for gold?"
Big house, limousines
Fine wines, fine cuisines
Vale and Vegas twice a year
Trips to Paris on the Leer
Black Tuesday when that wall of wealth came crashing down
Bad news day when that little queen had to give back her crown
And he said, "Hey babe, we can live on love 'cause love is worth much more."
But he barely got his feelings out, she was half way to the door
And she never even heard him cry
Do you love me, baby? Do you want me to hold?
Or are you just digging for gold?
Do you care enough to give me your heart and soul?
Or are you just digging for gold?
He knew she was young enough to be his daughter
There're always questions in the heart of millionaires
Would she make heartfelt promises if the money was not there?
And he said, "Do you love me, baby? Do you want me to hold?
Or are you just digging for gold?
Do you care enough to give me your heart and soul?
Or are you just digging for gold?"
She ran his weary heart through the ringer
And she wore him like the diamond ring around her finger
Well, his advances and affections she managed to avoid
But she got the lap of luxury, and he got paranoid
And he said, "Do you love me, baby? Do you want me to hold?
Or are you just digging for gold?
Do you care enough to give me your heart and soul?
Or are you just digging for gold, digging for gold?"
Big house, limousines
Fine wines, fine cuisines
Vale and Vegas twice a year
Trips to Paris on the Leer
Black Tuesday when that wall of wealth came crashing down
Bad news day when that little queen had to give back her crown
And he said, "Hey babe, we can live on love 'cause love is worth much more."
But he barely got his feelings out, she was half way to the door
And she never even heard him cry
Do you love me, baby? Do you want me to hold?
Or are you just digging for gold?
Do you care enough to give me your heart and soul?
Or are you just digging for gold?
Lyrics submitted by ButNeverOutgunned
Digging for Gold Lyrics as written by Wayne Kirkpatrick Gordon Scott Kennedy
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol CMG Publishing
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