"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.
I'd take it back to have the chance
To see her laugh, to see her dance
You, you never told me it would be so hard
And now you're saying you can't stay
You can't stay so get away
This bedroom tells of our mistakes
Perfume and innocence to take
I am in love but not enough to wait
So take, take your place down on my bed
I am not the same man that you met
I'll be your lover but I'm not your friend
So let's go all the way
Let's go all the way
This dark road will lead right where we want to be
You're driving so take the wheel
I'd take it back to have the chance
To see her laugh, to see her dance
You, you never told me it would be so hard
And now you're saying that you can't stay
You can't stay so get away
This clinic smells of death and shame
Misguided women with no names
I guess the children are the ones to blame
I'll drop you off, be back in ten
We'll never see this place again
We will recover but we won't repent
So let's go all the way
Let's go all the way
This dark road will lead right where we want to be
You're driving so take the wheel
You're driving so take the wheel
You're driving so take the wheel
You're driving so take the wheel, oh
You're driving so take the wheel, oh
You're driving so take the wheel, oh
You're driving so take the wheel
So take the wheel
So take the wheel
To see her laugh, to see her dance
You, you never told me it would be so hard
And now you're saying you can't stay
You can't stay so get away
This bedroom tells of our mistakes
Perfume and innocence to take
I am in love but not enough to wait
So take, take your place down on my bed
I am not the same man that you met
I'll be your lover but I'm not your friend
So let's go all the way
Let's go all the way
This dark road will lead right where we want to be
You're driving so take the wheel
I'd take it back to have the chance
To see her laugh, to see her dance
You, you never told me it would be so hard
And now you're saying that you can't stay
You can't stay so get away
This clinic smells of death and shame
Misguided women with no names
I guess the children are the ones to blame
I'll drop you off, be back in ten
We'll never see this place again
We will recover but we won't repent
So let's go all the way
Let's go all the way
This dark road will lead right where we want to be
You're driving so take the wheel
You're driving so take the wheel
You're driving so take the wheel
You're driving so take the wheel, oh
You're driving so take the wheel, oh
You're driving so take the wheel, oh
You're driving so take the wheel
So take the wheel
So take the wheel
Lyrics submitted by eltroyo11
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