"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.
Went to bed, as the sun rose
Woke up this morning in yesterday's clothes
Up all night, sharing a secret
You're on a promise, and I'm gonna keep it
Unplug the alarm, or at least press reset
There's no way I'm getting up yet
Just another five, another five minutes
That train's gone and we're not in it
My heart can't take the strain
Give me thirty minutes and we'll blame it on the
When we get there, no one will know
That we didn't wash, and slept in our clothes
I thought we both understood, a warm just feels too good
Up all night, sharing a secret
You're on a promise, and I'm gonna keep it
Just another five, another five minutes
That train's gone and we're not in it
My heart can't take the strain
Give me thirty minutes and we'll blame it on the
Think of all the times they kept you waiting
You could be in bed, it's so frustrating
Just for once, let them take the blame
Give me thirty minutes and we'll blame it on the
Stay with me, stay here with me
Stay with me, stay here with me
Go, go, don't go, stay here with me
Stay, right here, with me
Half an hour's not hard to explain
Give me thirty minutes and we'll blame it on the
Half an hour's not hard to explain
Give me thirty minutes and we'll blame it on the
Half an hour's not hard to explain
Give me thirty minutes and we'll blame it on the
Outside, looks like rain
Come under the covers, we'll blame it on the trains
Woke up this morning in yesterday's clothes
Up all night, sharing a secret
You're on a promise, and I'm gonna keep it
Unplug the alarm, or at least press reset
There's no way I'm getting up yet
Just another five, another five minutes
That train's gone and we're not in it
My heart can't take the strain
Give me thirty minutes and we'll blame it on the
When we get there, no one will know
That we didn't wash, and slept in our clothes
I thought we both understood, a warm just feels too good
Up all night, sharing a secret
You're on a promise, and I'm gonna keep it
Just another five, another five minutes
That train's gone and we're not in it
My heart can't take the strain
Give me thirty minutes and we'll blame it on the
Think of all the times they kept you waiting
You could be in bed, it's so frustrating
Just for once, let them take the blame
Give me thirty minutes and we'll blame it on the
Stay with me, stay here with me
Stay with me, stay here with me
Go, go, don't go, stay here with me
Stay, right here, with me
Half an hour's not hard to explain
Give me thirty minutes and we'll blame it on the
Half an hour's not hard to explain
Give me thirty minutes and we'll blame it on the
Half an hour's not hard to explain
Give me thirty minutes and we'll blame it on the
Outside, looks like rain
Come under the covers, we'll blame it on the trains
Lyrics submitted by Wallamanage
Blame It on the Trains Lyrics as written by Eddie Argos Chris Ward
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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Bah, I was just about to do the lyrics to this :)
This is in the process of describing my weekend >_> Writing fanfic from a snuggly duvet... Yeah, I see where Eddie's coming from ^__^