"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.
And it’s you I can’t resist
I never thought I could feel like this, again
And it’s you I’m thinking of
Oh tell me could this be love
Only time will tell
Just when I thought that I had had enough
I’d given up on love
Due to the fact that all my past relationships
They all went down like sunken ships
And left me with a bitter taste that still remains
But then I found you and for a moment I turned blue
Cause you make it hard to breathe, yeah,
You make it hard to breathe
And it’s you I can’t resist
I never thought I could feel like this, again
And it’s you I’m thinking of
Oh tell me could this be love
Only time will tell
I’ve had my fair share of letdowns
And I’m no stranger to disappointment
Because most girls have a habit of getting around
Getting around, getting around the streets of Georgia
They change just like the seasons.
But those small town girls they take my breath away
But then I met you and for a moment I turned blue
Cause you make it hard to breathe, yeah,
You make it hard to breathe
And it’s you I can’t resist
I never thought I could feel like this, again
And it’s you I’m thinking of
Oh tell me could this be love
Only time will tell [x3]
I never thought I could feel like this, again
And it’s you I’m thinking of
Oh tell me could this be love
Only time will tell
Just when I thought that I had had enough
I’d given up on love
Due to the fact that all my past relationships
They all went down like sunken ships
And left me with a bitter taste that still remains
But then I found you and for a moment I turned blue
Cause you make it hard to breathe, yeah,
You make it hard to breathe
And it’s you I can’t resist
I never thought I could feel like this, again
And it’s you I’m thinking of
Oh tell me could this be love
Only time will tell
I’ve had my fair share of letdowns
And I’m no stranger to disappointment
Because most girls have a habit of getting around
Getting around, getting around the streets of Georgia
They change just like the seasons.
But those small town girls they take my breath away
But then I met you and for a moment I turned blue
Cause you make it hard to breathe, yeah,
You make it hard to breathe
And it’s you I can’t resist
I never thought I could feel like this, again
And it’s you I’m thinking of
Oh tell me could this be love
Only time will tell [x3]
Lyrics submitted by .ashley.
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