"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.
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You gave me your cool hand, luke warm reception
It's been such a long time, still there on the platform
What can an old flame do,
But talk about just what's new
Things that have happened since you went away
No one, no one comes close
Someone maybe will come my way, until that day
No one comes close to you
I see you in all those up market movies
You talk on the talk shows, I stare at the tv
What can an old friend say
I know you don't feel this way
I'm taking this chance today, to let you know
Of all the lovers I've ever known, you stand alone
No one comes close to you
Oh I'm going back to my friend
One on whom I can depend
I just smile at her and pretend, I'm free of you
I'm free of you, God knows you're free of me
You gave me your cool hand, luke warm reception
It's been such a long time, still there on the platform
What can an old flame do,
But talk about just what's new
Things that have happened since you went away
No one, no one comes close
Someone maybe will come my way, until that day
No one comes close to you
I see you in all those up market movies
You talk on the talk shows, I stare at the tv
What can an old friend say
I know you don't feel this way
I'm taking this chance today, to let you know
Of all the lovers I've ever known, you stand alone
No one comes close to you
Oh I'm going back to my friend
One on whom I can depend
I just smile at her and pretend, I'm free of you
I'm free of you, God knows you're free of me
Lyrics submitted by Santo Arma Re-dux
No One Comes Close Lyrics as written by Eric Maltby Mccusker
Lyrics © Spirit Music Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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