"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, one of these days I'm gonna write you off
Have this tattoo removed once and for all
Wake up smiling in another life without you taking up all the space in my mind
Yeah, that's just a dream I'm living in
I walked out the door and then
[Chorus]
Can't even watch a sunset, listen to a song
Cause when I think I got you lit, WRONG
No matter how hard I try, to turn it off
You keep going on and on
You're never ever gone
You're never ever gone
When I think I can fool myself for awhile
I try to call up a friend, but when I start to dial
There's a number tingling in my finger tips
I say your name, I didn't mean to, it just kinda slipped
I just laughed it off, like I don't care but who am I kidding I swear
[Chorus]
Can't even watch a sunset, listen to a song
Cause when I think I got you lit, wrong!
No matter how hard I try, to turn it off
You keep going on and on
You're never ever gone
You're never ever gone
Girl, you're never ever gone
[Chorus]
Can't eve watch a sunset, listen to a song
Cause when I think I got you lit, wrong wrong!
No matter how hard I try, to turn it off
You keep going on and on
You're never ever...
Are you ever gonna leave me alone?
You're never ever gone
No, you're never ever gone
Never ever gone
Never ever gone
Have this tattoo removed once and for all
Wake up smiling in another life without you taking up all the space in my mind
Yeah, that's just a dream I'm living in
I walked out the door and then
[Chorus]
Can't even watch a sunset, listen to a song
Cause when I think I got you lit, WRONG
No matter how hard I try, to turn it off
You keep going on and on
You're never ever gone
You're never ever gone
When I think I can fool myself for awhile
I try to call up a friend, but when I start to dial
There's a number tingling in my finger tips
I say your name, I didn't mean to, it just kinda slipped
I just laughed it off, like I don't care but who am I kidding I swear
[Chorus]
Can't even watch a sunset, listen to a song
Cause when I think I got you lit, wrong!
No matter how hard I try, to turn it off
You keep going on and on
You're never ever gone
You're never ever gone
Girl, you're never ever gone
[Chorus]
Can't eve watch a sunset, listen to a song
Cause when I think I got you lit, wrong wrong!
No matter how hard I try, to turn it off
You keep going on and on
You're never ever...
Are you ever gonna leave me alone?
You're never ever gone
No, you're never ever gone
Never ever gone
Never ever gone
Lyrics submitted by Shattered Dreams
Never Ever Gone Lyrics as written by Neil Thrasher Michael William Dulaney
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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