"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 can see you ahead of me
But I'm not always forward thinkin'
I tell you what you want to hear
It depends on what I've been drinkin'
'Cause everything I do or say
Makes it hard for you to stay
We both know what it is
Now-a-days we talk too much
Like you're forgetting all the good shit
You decide what's wrong with me, yeah
I always used to let you say
But now I like to think out loud
You're runnin' with some different crowd
We both know what it is
I don't know you anymore
Supposed to be the man
That I live my life by
And your attitude become a bore
And I'm so tired I can't even cry, cry
Mr. Ultra-sensitive
I'll never let myself forget you
Messed each other up, you know
So I'm sorry if I upset you
Tomorrow is another day
So I'll call you, 'cause that's okay
We both know what it is
I don't know you anymore
Supposed to be the man
That I live my life by
I live my life, and your attitude become a bore
And I'm so tired
I can't even cry, I can't even cry
Relationship, dust and remains
We resonate on different planes
I could cut you down again
If you was like all other men
If you were like all other men
I know that I could shut you down again
But my friend, but my friend
I don't know you anymore
Supposed to be the man
That I live my life by, I live my life
Your attitude's become a bore
And I'm so tired, I can't even cry
I don't know you anymore
Supposed to be the man
That I live my life by, oh
Your attitude become a bore
And I'm so tired, I can't even cry
Ooh, ooh, da-wee
Da, da, mm-mm-mm-hm
But I'm not always forward thinkin'
I tell you what you want to hear
It depends on what I've been drinkin'
'Cause everything I do or say
Makes it hard for you to stay
We both know what it is
Now-a-days we talk too much
Like you're forgetting all the good shit
You decide what's wrong with me, yeah
I always used to let you say
But now I like to think out loud
You're runnin' with some different crowd
We both know what it is
I don't know you anymore
Supposed to be the man
That I live my life by
And your attitude become a bore
And I'm so tired I can't even cry, cry
Mr. Ultra-sensitive
I'll never let myself forget you
Messed each other up, you know
So I'm sorry if I upset you
Tomorrow is another day
So I'll call you, 'cause that's okay
We both know what it is
I don't know you anymore
Supposed to be the man
That I live my life by
I live my life, and your attitude become a bore
And I'm so tired
I can't even cry, I can't even cry
Relationship, dust and remains
We resonate on different planes
I could cut you down again
If you was like all other men
If you were like all other men
I know that I could shut you down again
But my friend, but my friend
I don't know you anymore
Supposed to be the man
That I live my life by, I live my life
Your attitude's become a bore
And I'm so tired, I can't even cry
I don't know you anymore
Supposed to be the man
That I live my life by, oh
Your attitude become a bore
And I'm so tired, I can't even cry
Ooh, ooh, da-wee
Da, da, mm-mm-mm-hm
Lyrics submitted by melodymaker
What It Is Lyrics as written by Amy Jade Winehouse
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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