"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.
I'm in an over-dramatic phase
Constantly hoping
Counting the days 'til I piece myself together
Pretend it's for the better that we just go our own ways
For all the times I called you mine
Another kiss that made you run and hide
None of this is easy, baby
You just gotta listen to me
And let me step inside
And when I'm face down she tears me apart
Like she's got every intention of breaking my heart
And she's taking the best of me
Along with the rest of me
And I just thought you should know
It's time to let this go
Tell me girl, is this what you had planned
To leave me here, to take my heart in your hands
I took my chances, you didn't take time
Getting into my head, then out of my life
For all the times I called you mine
Another kiss that made you run and hide
None of this is easy, baby
You just gotta listen to me
And let me step inside
And when I'm face down she tears me apart
Like she's got every intention of breaking my heart
And she's taking the best of me
Along with the rest of me
And I just thought you should know
It's time to let this go
And she wears me out
And she brings me down
For all the times I called you mine
Another kiss that made you run and hide
None of this is easy, baby
You just gotta listen to me
And let me step inside
And when I'm face down she tears me apart
Like she's got every intention of breaking my heart
And she's taking the best of me
Along with the rest of me
I just thought you should know
It's time to let this go
And when I'm face down she tears me apart
And please, just please, stop breaking my heart
And she's taking the best of me
Along with the rest of me
I just thought you should know
It's time to let this go
Constantly hoping
Counting the days 'til I piece myself together
Pretend it's for the better that we just go our own ways
For all the times I called you mine
Another kiss that made you run and hide
None of this is easy, baby
You just gotta listen to me
And let me step inside
And when I'm face down she tears me apart
Like she's got every intention of breaking my heart
And she's taking the best of me
Along with the rest of me
And I just thought you should know
It's time to let this go
Tell me girl, is this what you had planned
To leave me here, to take my heart in your hands
I took my chances, you didn't take time
Getting into my head, then out of my life
For all the times I called you mine
Another kiss that made you run and hide
None of this is easy, baby
You just gotta listen to me
And let me step inside
And when I'm face down she tears me apart
Like she's got every intention of breaking my heart
And she's taking the best of me
Along with the rest of me
And I just thought you should know
It's time to let this go
And she wears me out
And she brings me down
For all the times I called you mine
Another kiss that made you run and hide
None of this is easy, baby
You just gotta listen to me
And let me step inside
And when I'm face down she tears me apart
Like she's got every intention of breaking my heart
And she's taking the best of me
Along with the rest of me
I just thought you should know
It's time to let this go
And when I'm face down she tears me apart
And please, just please, stop breaking my heart
And she's taking the best of me
Along with the rest of me
I just thought you should know
It's time to let this go
Lyrics submitted by spryz
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