"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.
Uh oh, there you go again, talkin' cinematic
Yeah, you
You're charming, got everybody star struck
I know how you always seem to go
For the obvious
Instead of me
But get a ticket and you'll see
If we were a movie
You'd be the right guy
And I'd be the best friend
That you'd fall in love with in the end
We'd be laughing
Watching the sunset
Fade to black
Show the names
Play the happy song
Yeah, yeah, when you call me, I can hear it in your voice
Oh sure, want to see me and tell me all about her
La la, I'll be acting through my tears
I guess you'll never know
That I should win
An Oscar for the scene I'm in
If we were a movie
You'd be the right guy
And I'd be the best friend
That you'd fall in love with in the end
We'd be laughing
Watching the sunset
Fade to black
Show the names
Play the happy song
Wish I could tell you there's a twist
Some kind of hero in disguise
And we're together
It's for real, now playing
Wish I could tell you there's a kiss
Like something more than in my mind
I see it could be amazing
If we were a movie (if we were a movie)
You'd be the right guy (right guy)
And I'd be the best friend
That you'd fall in love with in the end
We'd be laughing
Watching the sunset
Fade to black
Show the names
Play the happy song
(If we were)
If we were a movie
You'd be the right guy
(You'd be right)
And I'd be the best friend
(And I'd be)
That you'd fall in love with in the end
We'd be laughing
(We would laugh)
Watching the sunset
(Watch the sun)
Fade to black
Show the names
Play the happy song
(If we were)
If we were a movie
You'd be the right guy
(You'd be right )
And I'd be the best friend
(And I'd be)
That you'd fall in love with in the end
We'd be laughing
(We would laugh)
Watching the sunset
(Watch the sun)
Fade to black
Show the names
Play the happy song
Yeah, you
You're charming, got everybody star struck
I know how you always seem to go
For the obvious
Instead of me
But get a ticket and you'll see
If we were a movie
You'd be the right guy
And I'd be the best friend
That you'd fall in love with in the end
We'd be laughing
Watching the sunset
Fade to black
Show the names
Play the happy song
Yeah, yeah, when you call me, I can hear it in your voice
Oh sure, want to see me and tell me all about her
La la, I'll be acting through my tears
I guess you'll never know
That I should win
An Oscar for the scene I'm in
If we were a movie
You'd be the right guy
And I'd be the best friend
That you'd fall in love with in the end
We'd be laughing
Watching the sunset
Fade to black
Show the names
Play the happy song
Wish I could tell you there's a twist
Some kind of hero in disguise
And we're together
It's for real, now playing
Wish I could tell you there's a kiss
Like something more than in my mind
I see it could be amazing
If we were a movie (if we were a movie)
You'd be the right guy (right guy)
And I'd be the best friend
That you'd fall in love with in the end
We'd be laughing
Watching the sunset
Fade to black
Show the names
Play the happy song
(If we were)
If we were a movie
You'd be the right guy
(You'd be right)
And I'd be the best friend
(And I'd be)
That you'd fall in love with in the end
We'd be laughing
(We would laugh)
Watching the sunset
(Watch the sun)
Fade to black
Show the names
Play the happy song
(If we were)
If we were a movie
You'd be the right guy
(You'd be right )
And I'd be the best friend
(And I'd be)
That you'd fall in love with in the end
We'd be laughing
(We would laugh)
Watching the sunset
(Watch the sun)
Fade to black
Show the names
Play the happy song
Lyrics submitted by panicatd181
If We Were a Movie Lyrics as written by Holly Hebert Jeannie Lurie
Lyrics © Walt Disney Music Company
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