"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.
Como un pacto sin firmar yo no espero más de ti
Y tú de mí no esperas más
Es un pacto sin firmar
En la planta de tus pies en el árbol, en la mar
Como un pacto sin firmar
Yo no espero más de ti
Tú de mí no esperas más
Un pacto sin firmar
En la planta de tus pies
Traes arena de otro mar
Te los limpio y me hago el loco
Y como si esto fuera poco
Antes roto que doblarme
Antes muero que dejarte
Y no espero que seas nadie
Para mí no es importante
Yo no bailo con princesas
Pero te haré reina del baile
Estoy a punto de romperme
Porque me gustas con coraje
Mira que te lo advertí
Que te metes con quien no sabes
Ya te habrás dado cuenta amor
Que yo no hago cosas normales
Ven que no voy a cambiarte
Ni tu vida será otra
Yo te invito a este lugar
Donde el amor no se equivoca
Ven que no voy a cambiarte
Ni tu vida será otra
O ven conmigo a este lugar
Donde el amor no se equivoca
Como un pacto sin firmar yo no espero más de ti
Y tú de mí no esperas más
Es un pacto sin firmar
En la planta de tus pies, en el árbol, en la mar
Mira que te lo advertí
Que te metes donde no sabes
Ya te habrás dado cuenta amor
Que yo no hago cosas normales
Pero cuando quieras escaparte
Del cristal de tu escaparate
Ven que no voy a cambiarte
Ni tu vida será otra
Ven conmigo a este lugar
Donde el amor no se equivoca
Ven que no voy a cambiarte
No quiero que tu vida sea otra
Ven conmigo a este lugar
Donde el amor no se equivoca
Ven no voy a cambiarte
Ven conmigo amor
Ven conmigo a este lugar
Donde el amor no se equivoca
Ven que no voy a cambiarte
No quiero que tu vida sea otra
Ven conmigo a este lugar
Donde el amor no se equivoca
No se equivoca
Ni tu vida sera otra
No se equivoca
El amor no se equivoca
No se equivoca
Y tú de mí no esperas más
Es un pacto sin firmar
En la planta de tus pies en el árbol, en la mar
Como un pacto sin firmar
Yo no espero más de ti
Tú de mí no esperas más
Un pacto sin firmar
En la planta de tus pies
Traes arena de otro mar
Te los limpio y me hago el loco
Y como si esto fuera poco
Antes roto que doblarme
Antes muero que dejarte
Y no espero que seas nadie
Para mí no es importante
Yo no bailo con princesas
Pero te haré reina del baile
Estoy a punto de romperme
Porque me gustas con coraje
Mira que te lo advertí
Que te metes con quien no sabes
Ya te habrás dado cuenta amor
Que yo no hago cosas normales
Ven que no voy a cambiarte
Ni tu vida será otra
Yo te invito a este lugar
Donde el amor no se equivoca
Ven que no voy a cambiarte
Ni tu vida será otra
O ven conmigo a este lugar
Donde el amor no se equivoca
Como un pacto sin firmar yo no espero más de ti
Y tú de mí no esperas más
Es un pacto sin firmar
En la planta de tus pies, en el árbol, en la mar
Mira que te lo advertí
Que te metes donde no sabes
Ya te habrás dado cuenta amor
Que yo no hago cosas normales
Pero cuando quieras escaparte
Del cristal de tu escaparate
Ven que no voy a cambiarte
Ni tu vida será otra
Ven conmigo a este lugar
Donde el amor no se equivoca
Ven que no voy a cambiarte
No quiero que tu vida sea otra
Ven conmigo a este lugar
Donde el amor no se equivoca
Ven no voy a cambiarte
Ven conmigo amor
Ven conmigo a este lugar
Donde el amor no se equivoca
Ven que no voy a cambiarte
No quiero que tu vida sea otra
Ven conmigo a este lugar
Donde el amor no se equivoca
No se equivoca
Ni tu vida sera otra
No se equivoca
El amor no se equivoca
No se equivoca
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En la Planta de Tus Pies Lyrics as written by Alejandro Sanchez Pizarro
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