"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 thought at last love came to pass
In my life there was a chance
To believe in someone new
[Love finally came]
We waited for the perfect day
You and I would slip away
Become one inside our dreams
Oh, but I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
No show
[You never showed, never came]
You said your love was strong for me
I must face reality
I believed and called your name, oh
[You never came]
Now I'm alone on my way home
Just a fool who played the game
With a love I thought I knew
Oh, yes, I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
I tried to hide my emotions
But my lips kept on saying your name
No show
I thought at last love came to pass
In my life was a chance
To believe in someone new like you
We waited for the perfect day
For you and I to slip away
Become one inside our dreams
Oh, but I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
No show
[You never showed, never came]
I stood in the falling rain (You never came)
You never showed, never came (Hurt me so, baby, why didn't you show in the
falling rain)
I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
I stood in the falling rain (I thought that you loved me)
You never showed, never came (When you and I had made our plans, baby)
I stood in the falling rain (We waited for the perfect day)
You never showed, never came (Darling, I stood in the falling rain)
I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
Stood in the falling rain
And you never showed, never came
I stood in the falling rain (I tried to hide my emotions)
You never showed, never came (But my lips kept on saying your name)
I stood in the falling rain
In my life there was a chance
To believe in someone new
[Love finally came]
We waited for the perfect day
You and I would slip away
Become one inside our dreams
Oh, but I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
No show
[You never showed, never came]
You said your love was strong for me
I must face reality
I believed and called your name, oh
[You never came]
Now I'm alone on my way home
Just a fool who played the game
With a love I thought I knew
Oh, yes, I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
I tried to hide my emotions
But my lips kept on saying your name
No show
I thought at last love came to pass
In my life was a chance
To believe in someone new like you
We waited for the perfect day
For you and I to slip away
Become one inside our dreams
Oh, but I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
No show
[You never showed, never came]
I stood in the falling rain (You never came)
You never showed, never came (Hurt me so, baby, why didn't you show in the
falling rain)
I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
I stood in the falling rain (I thought that you loved me)
You never showed, never came (When you and I had made our plans, baby)
I stood in the falling rain (We waited for the perfect day)
You never showed, never came (Darling, I stood in the falling rain)
I stood in the falling rain
You never showed, never came
Stood in the falling rain
And you never showed, never came
I stood in the falling rain (I tried to hide my emotions)
You never showed, never came (But my lips kept on saying your name)
I stood in the falling rain
Lyrics submitted by BleedorBreathe
No Show Lyrics as written by Robert Bell Ronald Bell
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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