"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.
Your kiss, your kiss would be the ultimate
Your kiss, your kiss...
You walked in
Indie rock used to be dirty pop
Could you be everything;
My rise and my fall?
Rescue me, 9 to 5
45's in your eyes
I don't care what you buy
Just don't you go
No need to leave the light on
There's no one here tonight
Only you and I
Kill me in a record shop now
One shot and you took me down
I could feel it when the arrow hit
You struck me with your deadliness
Your kiss, your kiss would be the ultimate
Your kiss, your kiss
I can't get over it
Spin me 'round the record shop
Look at you, the record stops
Will you run, or flirt 'til it hurts?
Dance with me, with your eyes
As you scream through the aisles
Bury me a 12 inch grave
And don't you go
No need to leave the light on
There's no one here tonight
Only you and I
Kill me in a record shop now
One shot and you took me down
I could feel it when the arrow hit
You struck me with your deadliness
Your kiss, your kiss would be the ultimate
Your kiss, your kiss
I can't get over it
Tonight, tonight
Don't leave me here tonight
Reach for me, just one time
As the sun sets behind
Don't say goodbye, goodbye
Don't say goodbye
Kill me in a record shop now
One shot and you took me down
I could feel it when the arrow hit
You struck me with your deadliness
Your kiss, your kiss would be the ultimate
Your kiss, your kiss
I can't get over it
Kill me in a record shop now
One shot and you took me down
I could feel it when the arrow hit
You struck me with your deadliness
Your kiss, your kiss would be the ultimate
Your kiss, your kiss
I can't get over it
Your kiss, your kiss would be the ultimate
Your kiss, your kiss
I can't get over it
Your kiss, your kiss...
You walked in
Indie rock used to be dirty pop
Could you be everything;
My rise and my fall?
Rescue me, 9 to 5
45's in your eyes
I don't care what you buy
Just don't you go
No need to leave the light on
There's no one here tonight
Only you and I
Kill me in a record shop now
One shot and you took me down
I could feel it when the arrow hit
You struck me with your deadliness
Your kiss, your kiss would be the ultimate
Your kiss, your kiss
I can't get over it
Spin me 'round the record shop
Look at you, the record stops
Will you run, or flirt 'til it hurts?
Dance with me, with your eyes
As you scream through the aisles
Bury me a 12 inch grave
And don't you go
No need to leave the light on
There's no one here tonight
Only you and I
Kill me in a record shop now
One shot and you took me down
I could feel it when the arrow hit
You struck me with your deadliness
Your kiss, your kiss would be the ultimate
Your kiss, your kiss
I can't get over it
Tonight, tonight
Don't leave me here tonight
Reach for me, just one time
As the sun sets behind
Don't say goodbye, goodbye
Don't say goodbye
Kill me in a record shop now
One shot and you took me down
I could feel it when the arrow hit
You struck me with your deadliness
Your kiss, your kiss would be the ultimate
Your kiss, your kiss
I can't get over it
Kill me in a record shop now
One shot and you took me down
I could feel it when the arrow hit
You struck me with your deadliness
Your kiss, your kiss would be the ultimate
Your kiss, your kiss
I can't get over it
Your kiss, your kiss would be the ultimate
Your kiss, your kiss
I can't get over it
Lyrics submitted by rOcK_rUlEz
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