"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.
Did you see me coming?
Was I that obvious?
For all of a sudden
There were just two of us
You don't have be in "Who's Who" to know what's what
You don't have to be a high-flyer to catch your slot
The night we met was cold and wet
I needed a drink or two
I saw you standing there and I knew
I'd love to be loved by you
Did you see me coming?
Was I that obvious?
For all of a sudden
There were just two of us
You don't have to be what's what to know who's who
You don't need the DNA to find the proof
Then and there my life made sense
You were the evidence
Did you see me coming?
Was I that obvious?
For all of a sudden
There were just two of us
Did you see me coming?
I thought I'd have to make
All of the running
I was all yours to take
Am I superstitious or really religious
Just "to thyself be true"
But now I think I'm starting to believe in fate
Because it delivered you
Did you see me coming?
Was I that obvious?
For all of a sudden
There were just two of us
Did you see me coming?
I thought I'd have to make
All of the running
I was all yours to take
Was I that obvious?
For all of a sudden
There were just two of us
You don't have be in "Who's Who" to know what's what
You don't have to be a high-flyer to catch your slot
The night we met was cold and wet
I needed a drink or two
I saw you standing there and I knew
I'd love to be loved by you
Did you see me coming?
Was I that obvious?
For all of a sudden
There were just two of us
You don't have to be what's what to know who's who
You don't need the DNA to find the proof
Then and there my life made sense
You were the evidence
Did you see me coming?
Was I that obvious?
For all of a sudden
There were just two of us
Did you see me coming?
I thought I'd have to make
All of the running
I was all yours to take
Am I superstitious or really religious
Just "to thyself be true"
But now I think I'm starting to believe in fate
Because it delivered you
Did you see me coming?
Was I that obvious?
For all of a sudden
There were just two of us
Did you see me coming?
I thought I'd have to make
All of the running
I was all yours to take
Lyrics submitted by young_jables
Did You See Me Coming? Lyrics as written by Neil Tennant Chris Lowe
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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