"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.
It's a feeling like fireworks
that explode inside my chest
your kiss creates the spark
that ignites my very best
there's a rumor
and I know you know it's true
that you've got my heart locked in your room
and this world's not half as bright
when there's a me without a you
we've got it better than all the rest in an unseen new direction
trying hard to be the best
so can i please have your attention
I float away every time that i touch your face
it feels so great
and we can't stop now and slow this down
as we give in to love and fate
holding hands with fingers locked
our hearts they race like ticking clocks
wind them up and start again
the time is here now babe so don't pretend
if there s a moment more perfect than tonight
let me hear all the dreams you have inside
i wanna make them all come true
and make you feel alive
baby baby let me in
lets throw precaution to the wind
the lights they slowly start to dim
emotions flood my senses
I float away every time that i touch your face
it feels so great
and we can't stop now and slow this down
as we give in to love and fate
Woo!
Give me one chance to take your breath away
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo
la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo
la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
that explode inside my chest
your kiss creates the spark
that ignites my very best
there's a rumor
and I know you know it's true
that you've got my heart locked in your room
and this world's not half as bright
when there's a me without a you
we've got it better than all the rest in an unseen new direction
trying hard to be the best
so can i please have your attention
I float away every time that i touch your face
it feels so great
and we can't stop now and slow this down
as we give in to love and fate
holding hands with fingers locked
our hearts they race like ticking clocks
wind them up and start again
the time is here now babe so don't pretend
if there s a moment more perfect than tonight
let me hear all the dreams you have inside
i wanna make them all come true
and make you feel alive
baby baby let me in
lets throw precaution to the wind
the lights they slowly start to dim
emotions flood my senses
I float away every time that i touch your face
it feels so great
and we can't stop now and slow this down
as we give in to love and fate
Woo!
Give me one chance to take your breath away
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo
la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo
Doo doo doo, doo doo doo
la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
Lyrics submitted by chieftheleaf
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