"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.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
My momma told me that this could happen to me (uh, uh)
That he would grow up to be the sexy man, but
Oh, I just couldn't see
'Cause I didn't plan this alone
Yeah, I was in my zone
And had the thought of us in my head
Somehow I turned this all off
And then I met him and he wasn't you
And then I dropped my head, thinking, what should I do?
Oh, I, I loved you and you loved me
And I just couldn't see tomorrow, baby
And I cared for you and I didn't see us through
Now I know in my heart you will always be
The greatest ex ever (ever)
Now I can't do a simple thing like fall asleep, oh
'Cause I can't close my eyes without a day with you
In my dreams, dreams
Sometimes I call your phone just to hear your tone
And I never say nothing
Wait just like a couple of seconds
To hear you breathe and then I'm gone
But he's not like you
Can't help but to hold my head again, what did I do?
Oh, I, I loved you and you loved me
And I just couldn't see tomorrow, baby
And I cared for you and I didn't see us through
Now I know in my heart you will always be
The greatest ex ever (ever)
And I know that it's all my fault, yeah (all my fault)
And it would be a lie if I said you didn't cross my mind at all (at all)
How do I erase my days? They're shaded in blue
All of my love's for you
Oh, I, I loved you and you loved me
And I just couldn't see tomorrow, baby
And I cared for you and I didn't see us through
Now I know in my heart you will always be
The greatest ex ever (ever, ever)
The greatest ex ever, ever, ever
The greatest ex ever, ever, ever
The greatest ex ever, ever, ever
The greatest ex ever, ever, ever
The greatest ex ever, ever, ever
The greatest ex ever, ever, ever
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
My momma told me that this could happen to me (uh, uh)
That he would grow up to be the sexy man, but
Oh, I just couldn't see
'Cause I didn't plan this alone
Yeah, I was in my zone
And had the thought of us in my head
Somehow I turned this all off
And then I met him and he wasn't you
And then I dropped my head, thinking, what should I do?
Oh, I, I loved you and you loved me
And I just couldn't see tomorrow, baby
And I cared for you and I didn't see us through
Now I know in my heart you will always be
The greatest ex ever (ever)
Now I can't do a simple thing like fall asleep, oh
'Cause I can't close my eyes without a day with you
In my dreams, dreams
Sometimes I call your phone just to hear your tone
And I never say nothing
Wait just like a couple of seconds
To hear you breathe and then I'm gone
But he's not like you
Can't help but to hold my head again, what did I do?
Oh, I, I loved you and you loved me
And I just couldn't see tomorrow, baby
And I cared for you and I didn't see us through
Now I know in my heart you will always be
The greatest ex ever (ever)
And I know that it's all my fault, yeah (all my fault)
And it would be a lie if I said you didn't cross my mind at all (at all)
How do I erase my days? They're shaded in blue
All of my love's for you
Oh, I, I loved you and you loved me
And I just couldn't see tomorrow, baby
And I cared for you and I didn't see us through
Now I know in my heart you will always be
The greatest ex ever (ever, ever)
The greatest ex ever, ever, ever
The greatest ex ever, ever, ever
The greatest ex ever, ever, ever
The greatest ex ever, ever, ever
The greatest ex ever, ever, ever
The greatest ex ever, ever, ever
Lyrics submitted by loveablelo06
Greatest X Lyrics as written by Terius Youngdell Nash Christopher A. Stewart
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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