"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.
You're not alone what you were seeing I was thinking
And I know you couldn't do it alone, uh-oh...
What could it be what could it be
Maybe it's me, I've got to know
I was talking never thinking its becoming too much for me,
What could it be would could it be maybe
Your lips, Careless lies faster than a whisper
Look for your starry eyes, Because I know you care
[Chorus]
Break up, Monday and its over
Make up, Tuesday on my mind
Friday, I'll be coming over
Blue skies together
It's all I've got
I'm up, but coming down
You said nothing last forever but forever is all we could be,
But I see away I see away
Your lips careless eyes, I never should have kissed her
We're both telling lies, but I know you care
Break up, Monday and its over
Make up, Tuesday on my mind
Friday, I'll be coming over
Perfect together
It's what we've got
[Chorus]
Sometimes silence is the answer
I keep promises of mine
How can you tell me that it's over
Blue Skies together
Break up, Monday and its over
Make up, Tuesday on my mind
Friday, I'll be coming over
Perfect together
It's what we've got
[Chorus]
[Repeat: x2]
I can tell you that you're the right one
You can tell me that me that I'm the right one
Maybe you're heart kept coming down
And I know you couldn't do it alone, uh-oh...
What could it be what could it be
Maybe it's me, I've got to know
I was talking never thinking its becoming too much for me,
What could it be would could it be maybe
Your lips, Careless lies faster than a whisper
Look for your starry eyes, Because I know you care
[Chorus]
Break up, Monday and its over
Make up, Tuesday on my mind
Friday, I'll be coming over
Blue skies together
It's all I've got
I'm up, but coming down
You said nothing last forever but forever is all we could be,
But I see away I see away
Your lips careless eyes, I never should have kissed her
We're both telling lies, but I know you care
Break up, Monday and its over
Make up, Tuesday on my mind
Friday, I'll be coming over
Perfect together
It's what we've got
[Chorus]
Sometimes silence is the answer
I keep promises of mine
How can you tell me that it's over
Blue Skies together
Break up, Monday and its over
Make up, Tuesday on my mind
Friday, I'll be coming over
Perfect together
It's what we've got
[Chorus]
[Repeat: x2]
I can tell you that you're the right one
You can tell me that me that I'm the right one
Maybe you're heart kept coming down
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Tuesday on My Mind Lyrics as written by Rich Pederson Tom Pederson
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