"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.
Have you ever felt like, you the only one in love in your relationship?
And as hard as it was to let go, you knew it was the best thing for you
Well that time has come for me, I gotta move on
You say you wanna get married, but boy are you sure
Cause there are a couple of issues I refuse to ignore
You say one thing, and you do another
And Im realizing you don't want me on your shoulder
You think material things is what I need
But all I ever wanted was you
Just a little kiss, just a little hug
Now Im realizing that that ain't your kinda love
Sometimes we want things
That might not be right for us
But when you're in love
You tend to look over the obvious
You're not changing and I know that you love me but
This thing ain't going the way I planned
Sometimes we want things
That might not be right for us
But when you're in love
You tend to look over the obvious
As bad as I want you to stay
We can't keep going on this way
Going this way
Don't think you're doing me no favors
Feeling the need to get on one knee
When you know you ain't right baby
You wanna make sure Im always around
And with the ring on my finger
That means Im on right now
I see it in your eyes you weren't
There's a good chance you doing some dirt
Cause I don't wanna be the one
To make you do something you don't want to
Im gonna let you do you
Sometimes we want things
That might not be right for us
But when you're in love
You tend to look over the obvious
You're not changing and I know that you love me but
This thing isn't going the way I planned
Sometimes we want things
That might not be right for us
But when you're in love
You tend to look over the obvious
As bad as I want you to stay
We can't keep going on this way
Going this way
See there's a part of me
That doesn't want you here with me
That's a part of me
That wants to stick right with you
But it seems like you dont wanna put up a fight
And why should I even try?
Sometimes we want things
That might not be right for us
But when you're in love
You tend to look over the obvious
You're not changing and I know that you love me but
This thing isn't going the way I planned
Sometimes we want things
That might not be right for us
But when you're in love
You tend to look over the obvious
As bad as I want you to stay
We can't keep going on this way
Going this way
And as hard as it was to let go, you knew it was the best thing for you
Well that time has come for me, I gotta move on
You say you wanna get married, but boy are you sure
Cause there are a couple of issues I refuse to ignore
You say one thing, and you do another
And Im realizing you don't want me on your shoulder
You think material things is what I need
But all I ever wanted was you
Just a little kiss, just a little hug
Now Im realizing that that ain't your kinda love
Sometimes we want things
That might not be right for us
But when you're in love
You tend to look over the obvious
You're not changing and I know that you love me but
This thing ain't going the way I planned
Sometimes we want things
That might not be right for us
But when you're in love
You tend to look over the obvious
As bad as I want you to stay
We can't keep going on this way
Going this way
Don't think you're doing me no favors
Feeling the need to get on one knee
When you know you ain't right baby
You wanna make sure Im always around
And with the ring on my finger
That means Im on right now
I see it in your eyes you weren't
There's a good chance you doing some dirt
Cause I don't wanna be the one
To make you do something you don't want to
Im gonna let you do you
Sometimes we want things
That might not be right for us
But when you're in love
You tend to look over the obvious
You're not changing and I know that you love me but
This thing isn't going the way I planned
Sometimes we want things
That might not be right for us
But when you're in love
You tend to look over the obvious
As bad as I want you to stay
We can't keep going on this way
Going this way
See there's a part of me
That doesn't want you here with me
That's a part of me
That wants to stick right with you
But it seems like you dont wanna put up a fight
And why should I even try?
Sometimes we want things
That might not be right for us
But when you're in love
You tend to look over the obvious
You're not changing and I know that you love me but
This thing isn't going the way I planned
Sometimes we want things
That might not be right for us
But when you're in love
You tend to look over the obvious
As bad as I want you to stay
We can't keep going on this way
Going this way
Lyrics submitted by BasedDiosa
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