"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.
Broken glass and cigarettes
Writing on the wall
It was a bargain for the summer
And I thought I had it all
I was the one who gave you everything
The one who took the fall
You were the one who would do anything
The one who can't recall
Where she was while she was sleeping
In another woman's bed
Or the doctors or the lawyers
Or a stranger that she met
If there's nothing I can gain from this
Or anything at all
It'd be the knowledge that you gave me
When I thought I've heard it all
It was a long time with you
It was a long time with me
It'd be a long time for anyone
But looks like it's meant to be
Social class and registers
Cocaine in the hall
All the way from California
On the way to your next call
To those non-negotiations
To simulate a call
For the betterment of evils and your ways around the laws that keep you
Up and sitting pretty
On a pedestal of men
And now you're sleeping like an angel
Near the man who you gave head
If there's something I can make of this
Or anything at all
It'd be the devil hates a loser and you thought you had it all
It was a wrong time for you
It was a wrong time for me
It was the wrong time for everyone
But looks like I'm about to see for myself
If I could go back in time to the place in my soul, there all alone
Lonely tear drops
Ooh, are calling you
But I don't wanna know it now
'Cause knowing you, it won't change a damn thing
But there was a time
Yeah, there was a time
Didn't wanna know at all
Didn't wanna know at all
I don't wanna know it now
Yeah, there was a time
Didn't wanna know at all
Didn't wanna know at all
I don't wanna know it now
Oh
I would do anything for you
There was a time
I would do anything for you
I would do anything for you
There was a time
There was a time
Oh, I would do anything for you
Oh, I would do anything for you
Yeah there was a time
Didn't wanna know at all
Didn't wanna know at all
I don't wanna know it now
I would do anything for you (didn't wanna know, at all)
(Didn't wanna know, at all, and I don't wanna know it now)
There was a time, was a time
Writing on the wall
It was a bargain for the summer
And I thought I had it all
I was the one who gave you everything
The one who took the fall
You were the one who would do anything
The one who can't recall
Where she was while she was sleeping
In another woman's bed
Or the doctors or the lawyers
Or a stranger that she met
If there's nothing I can gain from this
Or anything at all
It'd be the knowledge that you gave me
When I thought I've heard it all
It was a long time with you
It was a long time with me
It'd be a long time for anyone
But looks like it's meant to be
Social class and registers
Cocaine in the hall
All the way from California
On the way to your next call
To those non-negotiations
To simulate a call
For the betterment of evils and your ways around the laws that keep you
Up and sitting pretty
On a pedestal of men
And now you're sleeping like an angel
Near the man who you gave head
If there's something I can make of this
Or anything at all
It'd be the devil hates a loser and you thought you had it all
It was a wrong time for you
It was a wrong time for me
It was the wrong time for everyone
But looks like I'm about to see for myself
If I could go back in time to the place in my soul, there all alone
Lonely tear drops
Ooh, are calling you
But I don't wanna know it now
'Cause knowing you, it won't change a damn thing
But there was a time
Yeah, there was a time
Didn't wanna know at all
Didn't wanna know at all
I don't wanna know it now
Yeah, there was a time
Didn't wanna know at all
Didn't wanna know at all
I don't wanna know it now
Oh
I would do anything for you
There was a time
I would do anything for you
I would do anything for you
There was a time
There was a time
Oh, I would do anything for you
Oh, I would do anything for you
Yeah there was a time
Didn't wanna know at all
Didn't wanna know at all
I don't wanna know it now
I would do anything for you (didn't wanna know, at all)
(Didn't wanna know, at all, and I don't wanna know it now)
There was a time, was a time
Lyrics submitted by hallowedbe666, edited by Jaymis
There Was a Time Lyrics as written by William Rose Dizzy Reed
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@julianpani ..LOL ME TOO!!!..i actually joined this site real quick so that i may respond to your post...as i found a fellow "There was A Time" singing enthusiast lol check out this youtbe video of this kid singing TWAT karaoke...i seriously left a message on his video tellin him i thought he was just lip syncing initially....the dudes AMAZING! video quality is terrible BUT audio is good enough to hear!...i day dream of doin this as well karaoke lol...sadly however half of the audience wouldn't even know it was a GNR song i bet :( shame as its up there with estranged! i hope they do it on the reunion tour.ill probably have a coronary and die right there if they do LOL<br /> youtube.com/watch
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@julianpani if YouTube link doesn't work copy and paste this in yt search:<br /> "There Was A Time" - Karaoke'd at Chas' By The Rik