"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.
Now after all of this time that we tried
I found out we were living a lie
That after all of this love that we made
I found out you don't love me the same
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
I woke up kinda early today
And something told me from that moment
It wouldn't be the same
I knew you were hiding something
But I didn't push it
I didn't know what to say
I tried to pretend, like I didn't see it
'Cause deep down I knew I didn't want to believe it
There it was, it was you and her
You left your sidekick on the nightstand
And I read
Everything you did, and everything you said and
And now I'm standing here looking like damn..
I thought it was you and I
Now I all I got to say is why'
After all of this time that we tried
I found out we were living a lie
And after all of this love that we made
I found out you don't love me the same
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
I notice now, that when your around
You be trying to lock the door
Whispering on the phone
Now wait a minute since we been in this house
You ain't never did this before
Tell me what's this about'
I tried to sit and say to myself
This here is too good he don't want nothing else
There it was, it was you and her
You left your credit card receipt inside the beamer babe
Everything you bought her, and everything you spending
Now I'm standing here once again
I thought it was you and I
Now I all I have to say is why'
After all of this time that we tried
I found out we were living a lie
And after all of this love that we made
I found out you don't love me the same
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
I found out we were living a lie
That after all of this love that we made
I found out you don't love me the same
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
I woke up kinda early today
And something told me from that moment
It wouldn't be the same
I knew you were hiding something
But I didn't push it
I didn't know what to say
I tried to pretend, like I didn't see it
'Cause deep down I knew I didn't want to believe it
There it was, it was you and her
You left your sidekick on the nightstand
And I read
Everything you did, and everything you said and
And now I'm standing here looking like damn..
I thought it was you and I
Now I all I got to say is why'
After all of this time that we tried
I found out we were living a lie
And after all of this love that we made
I found out you don't love me the same
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
I notice now, that when your around
You be trying to lock the door
Whispering on the phone
Now wait a minute since we been in this house
You ain't never did this before
Tell me what's this about'
I tried to sit and say to myself
This here is too good he don't want nothing else
There it was, it was you and her
You left your credit card receipt inside the beamer babe
Everything you bought her, and everything you spending
Now I'm standing here once again
I thought it was you and I
Now I all I have to say is why'
After all of this time that we tried
I found out we were living a lie
And after all of this love that we made
I found out you don't love me the same
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
The way that I love you
Lyrics submitted by Iantuition
The Way That I Love You Lyrics as written by Lenton Tereill Hutton Ashanti S. Douglas
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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