"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've looked everywhere I can
Just to find a clue
Oh to get to you
And make you want me
And I've run circles around the sun
Chasin' after you
Oh but it's no use
Can't you see that I'm going out of my mind
Trying to find a way to get through to you
Oh you don't know how hard I try
And I try and I try
What do I gotta do?
Do I gotta get water from the moon?
Is that what I gotta do
To make you love me, make you love me?
Do I gotta turn the sand into the sea?
Is that what you want from me?
I've done everything that I can do
But get water from the moon
I've reached high up in the sky
Tryin' to steal the stars
Oh to win your heart
But even that's not enough
And I've searched every book I know
Just to find the words
Oh to touch your world and get some love out of you
I've already given all I can give
And I don't, I don't know what's left to try
And I try and I try
What do I gotta do?
Do I gotta get water from the moon?
Is that what I gotta do
To make you love me, make you love me?
Do I gotta turn the sand into the sea?
Is that what you want from me?
I've done everything that I can do
But get water from the moon
Love me, how do I make you love me?
How do I make you see that I'm going out of my mind?
I try, and I try, and I try
Do I gotta get water from the moon?
Baby is that what I gotta do
To make you love me, make you love?
Do I gotta turn the sand into the sea
Is that what you want from me
I've done everything that I can do
But get water from the, water from the moon
Baby, love me baby, love me, yeah
I've done everything
You've got to love me baby
I've done everything, oh
Just to find a clue
Oh to get to you
And make you want me
And I've run circles around the sun
Chasin' after you
Oh but it's no use
Can't you see that I'm going out of my mind
Trying to find a way to get through to you
Oh you don't know how hard I try
And I try and I try
What do I gotta do?
Do I gotta get water from the moon?
Is that what I gotta do
To make you love me, make you love me?
Do I gotta turn the sand into the sea?
Is that what you want from me?
I've done everything that I can do
But get water from the moon
I've reached high up in the sky
Tryin' to steal the stars
Oh to win your heart
But even that's not enough
And I've searched every book I know
Just to find the words
Oh to touch your world and get some love out of you
I've already given all I can give
And I don't, I don't know what's left to try
And I try and I try
What do I gotta do?
Do I gotta get water from the moon?
Is that what I gotta do
To make you love me, make you love me?
Do I gotta turn the sand into the sea?
Is that what you want from me?
I've done everything that I can do
But get water from the moon
Love me, how do I make you love me?
How do I make you see that I'm going out of my mind?
I try, and I try, and I try
Do I gotta get water from the moon?
Baby is that what I gotta do
To make you love me, make you love?
Do I gotta turn the sand into the sea
Is that what you want from me
I've done everything that I can do
But get water from the, water from the moon
Baby, love me baby, love me, yeah
I've done everything
You've got to love me baby
I've done everything, oh
Lyrics submitted by cullen-angelz84
Water From The Moon Lyrics as written by Diane Eve Warren
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