"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.
Oooh ooh
Yeah
You stay in the back of my mind
And through the days I remember the ones we had
Memories we share
I wish that I could go back in time
Just to feel what it was like when you were here
But now you're off somewhere
Nowadays I been tryna live my life
But the past been putting up a good fight
And every time I think I'm over losing you
You just pop back into my mind
And I just can't help but wonder why
The universe just loves to see me cry
And I ain't tryna make this about me
But why do good times always pass me by
And I know I'll never see you again
But it's so hard to accept that it's the end
So I just try to forget
And I just to pretend
But I just can't stop thinking bout you
Thinking bout you
Don't wanna let you go
Don't wanna let you go
Don't wanna let you go
Sometimes I feel like I'm losing it
Didn't appreciate you 'cause you always gave me shit
But now I think about how you were always there
I didn't see it then, now it makes me sick
You'll never understand until you lose someone you love
Emotions that you feel but you can never seem to give up
I guess it's true that they don't love you 'til you're gone
How's the view from above
Can we just have one more day
'Cause I don't want it to end this way
I wish that we could communicate
There's so much more I wanna say
But I just can't stop thinking bout you
Thinking bout you
Don't wanna let you go
Don't wanna let you go
Don't wanna let you go
Don't wanna let you
Don't wanna let you
Don't wanna let you go
Yeah
You stay in the back of my mind
And through the days I remember the ones we had
Memories we share
I wish that I could go back in time
Just to feel what it was like when you were here
But now you're off somewhere
Nowadays I been tryna live my life
But the past been putting up a good fight
And every time I think I'm over losing you
You just pop back into my mind
And I just can't help but wonder why
The universe just loves to see me cry
And I ain't tryna make this about me
But why do good times always pass me by
And I know I'll never see you again
But it's so hard to accept that it's the end
So I just try to forget
And I just to pretend
But I just can't stop thinking bout you
Thinking bout you
Don't wanna let you go
Don't wanna let you go
Don't wanna let you go
Sometimes I feel like I'm losing it
Didn't appreciate you 'cause you always gave me shit
But now I think about how you were always there
I didn't see it then, now it makes me sick
You'll never understand until you lose someone you love
Emotions that you feel but you can never seem to give up
I guess it's true that they don't love you 'til you're gone
How's the view from above
Can we just have one more day
'Cause I don't want it to end this way
I wish that we could communicate
There's so much more I wanna say
But I just can't stop thinking bout you
Thinking bout you
Don't wanna let you go
Don't wanna let you go
Don't wanna let you go
Don't wanna let you
Don't wanna let you
Don't wanna let you go
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Don't Wanna Let You Go Lyrics as written by Tania Bodley
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