"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.
It feels like the first time that I met you alright
Now I can't go on without you, girl I need you in my life
Now i'm like
Lost you in my head
And all the things that we had said
And now my heart is feeling dead without you
Girl are you with me or not?
Know what i'm saying?
Know what i'm saying?
Know what i'm saying?
Are you staying or not?
Cause you been telling me shit like you is
Remember back when all the the things that we did
We was running around doing shit as kids
And now that were older you just wanna put a pin in it
Yeah put a pin in it
How i'm feeling wit it
Running back to you
Don't know what to do
Girl right now i'm just being honest
I really want you
Got me running back to you
Cause there's just something about you
I cant figure out now what to do about it
Just saying girl you know i want it
Yeah you know I want it
Thinking bout all the shit i'm gonna say
I just really want you to stay
Tell me what you doing, where you at lil babe
Ima pull up in the Wraith
Yeah you already know we had to escape
I just wanna be with you everyday
Under the stars in the roof
Baby tell me the truth
Is it really me&u
yeh is it really me&u
It feels like the first time that I met you alright
Now I can't go on without you, girl i need you in my life
Now i'm like
Lost you in my head
And all the things that we had said
And now my heart is feeling dead without you
Girl are you with me or not?
Running back to you
Don't know what to do
Girl i gotta tell you the truth
I really want you
Now I can't go on without you, girl I need you in my life
Now i'm like
Lost you in my head
And all the things that we had said
And now my heart is feeling dead without you
Girl are you with me or not?
Know what i'm saying?
Know what i'm saying?
Know what i'm saying?
Are you staying or not?
Cause you been telling me shit like you is
Remember back when all the the things that we did
We was running around doing shit as kids
And now that were older you just wanna put a pin in it
Yeah put a pin in it
How i'm feeling wit it
Running back to you
Don't know what to do
Girl right now i'm just being honest
I really want you
Got me running back to you
Cause there's just something about you
I cant figure out now what to do about it
Just saying girl you know i want it
Yeah you know I want it
Thinking bout all the shit i'm gonna say
I just really want you to stay
Tell me what you doing, where you at lil babe
Ima pull up in the Wraith
Yeah you already know we had to escape
I just wanna be with you everyday
Under the stars in the roof
Baby tell me the truth
Is it really me&u
yeh is it really me&u
It feels like the first time that I met you alright
Now I can't go on without you, girl i need you in my life
Now i'm like
Lost you in my head
And all the things that we had said
And now my heart is feeling dead without you
Girl are you with me or not?
Running back to you
Don't know what to do
Girl i gotta tell you the truth
I really want you
Lyrics submitted by underalocomotive
me&u (running back to you) Lyrics as written by Jesus Pena
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