"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.
Mi amor, I'm not sure of the right words to say
Maybe these simple words will do best to best explain
What I feel in my heart, what I feel more each day, oh
How to make you see? How to let you know?
How to say? How to say how I need you so?
With words you understand
Words that get right through to your heart
Here's the place to start
Tu amor (tu amor) I will always be
Tu amor (tu amor) means the world to me
Estarás siempre en mi corazón
You're the one in my soul and I live for tu amor (tu amor)
Tu amor
Mi amor, love you more with each look in your eyes
Maybe these simple words will do best to best describe
What I feel in my heart, what I'll feel for all time, oh
How to make you see? How to let you know?
How to say? How to say how I need you so?
With words you understand
Words that get right through to your soul
Words that let you know
Tu amor (tu amor) I will always be
Tu amor (tu amor) means the world to me
Estarás siempre en mi corazón
You're the one in my soul and I live for tu amor (tu amor)
You're the one that I need in my arms
Believe me, these words I say
Are words that come straight from my heart
How do I make you believe
Nothing else means as much as what you mean to me?
Tú eres la única en mi alma (tú eres el único en mi alma)
Yo te quiero (yo te quiero)
Te adoro (te adoro)
Tus labios (tus labios)
Tus ojos (tus ojos)
Mi amor (mi amor)
Tu amor (tu amor) I will always be
Tu amor (tu amor) means the world to me
Estarás siempre en mi corazón
You're the one in my soul and I live for tu amor (tu amor)
Tu amor (tu amor)
Tu amor (tu amor)
Tu amor, (tu amor) I will always be
(Tu amor) yo te quiero, te adoro, mi amor
Tu amor (tu amor) I will always be (mi amor)
Estarás siempre en mi corazón
Estarás siempre en mi corazón (tu amor)
Estarás siempre en mi corazón (yeah-yeah-yeah)
Estarás siempre en mi corazón (tu amor)
Mi amor
Maybe these simple words will do best to best explain
What I feel in my heart, what I feel more each day, oh
How to make you see? How to let you know?
How to say? How to say how I need you so?
With words you understand
Words that get right through to your heart
Here's the place to start
Tu amor (tu amor) I will always be
Tu amor (tu amor) means the world to me
Estarás siempre en mi corazón
You're the one in my soul and I live for tu amor (tu amor)
Tu amor
Mi amor, love you more with each look in your eyes
Maybe these simple words will do best to best describe
What I feel in my heart, what I'll feel for all time, oh
How to make you see? How to let you know?
How to say? How to say how I need you so?
With words you understand
Words that get right through to your soul
Words that let you know
Tu amor (tu amor) I will always be
Tu amor (tu amor) means the world to me
Estarás siempre en mi corazón
You're the one in my soul and I live for tu amor (tu amor)
You're the one that I need in my arms
Believe me, these words I say
Are words that come straight from my heart
How do I make you believe
Nothing else means as much as what you mean to me?
Tú eres la única en mi alma (tú eres el único en mi alma)
Yo te quiero (yo te quiero)
Te adoro (te adoro)
Tus labios (tus labios)
Tus ojos (tus ojos)
Mi amor (mi amor)
Tu amor (tu amor) I will always be
Tu amor (tu amor) means the world to me
Estarás siempre en mi corazón
You're the one in my soul and I live for tu amor (tu amor)
Tu amor (tu amor)
Tu amor (tu amor)
Tu amor, (tu amor) I will always be
(Tu amor) yo te quiero, te adoro, mi amor
Tu amor (tu amor) I will always be (mi amor)
Estarás siempre en mi corazón
Estarás siempre en mi corazón (tu amor)
Estarás siempre en mi corazón (yeah-yeah-yeah)
Estarás siempre en mi corazón (tu amor)
Mi amor
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