"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'm ecstatic, I feel the magic, It's everlasting
I think that you were meant to be alive on this very night
With me, I see, it clearly
The dream you hear about
And never truly think it's realistic till it blows your mind
I never thought I could understand
I was searching me
And now I finally see
I see that some people fight for love
They stick with it, just can't quit it
Some people hide from love, they run from it, cause they don't want it
When you got a love and it's good like it should be
Makes you never wanna give it up
Cause you know that some people die for love
And I believe it's true cause I'd do the same for you
You're the reason, the air I'm breathing, so don't go leaving,
Cause loving you is the only thing that ever really touched my soul
I'm protective, of my blessings
Glad I kept it, I never really thought about the future till I saw my life
Finding it's purpose, so very worth it
And now I know that love is really worth it
And that's why some people fight for love
They stick with it, just can't quit it
Some people hide from love, they run from it, cause they don't want it
When you got a love and it's good like it should be
Makes you never wanna give it up
Cause you know that some people die for love
And I believe it's true cause I'd do the same for you
It's hard to be, and good to keep
And once you're with it, it's hard to leave
You can't help but run wild with imagination
It'll change your life from wrong or right
And then you touch, touch the sky, and now I
Don't see how I made it through the night
But I see how there's some people who fight
Some people fight for love
They stick with it, just can't quit it
Some people hide from love, they run from it, cause they don't want it
When you got a love and it's good like it should be
Makes you never wanna give it up
Cause you know that some people die for love
And I believe it's true cause I'd do the same for you
Some people fight for love,
(I don't wanna do it no more)
Some people hide from love,
(It just feels so good)
But when you got a love and it's good like it should be
Makes you never wanna give it up cause you know that,
Some people fight for love
I think that you were meant to be alive on this very night
With me, I see, it clearly
The dream you hear about
And never truly think it's realistic till it blows your mind
I never thought I could understand
I was searching me
And now I finally see
I see that some people fight for love
They stick with it, just can't quit it
Some people hide from love, they run from it, cause they don't want it
When you got a love and it's good like it should be
Makes you never wanna give it up
Cause you know that some people die for love
And I believe it's true cause I'd do the same for you
You're the reason, the air I'm breathing, so don't go leaving,
Cause loving you is the only thing that ever really touched my soul
I'm protective, of my blessings
Glad I kept it, I never really thought about the future till I saw my life
Finding it's purpose, so very worth it
And now I know that love is really worth it
And that's why some people fight for love
They stick with it, just can't quit it
Some people hide from love, they run from it, cause they don't want it
When you got a love and it's good like it should be
Makes you never wanna give it up
Cause you know that some people die for love
And I believe it's true cause I'd do the same for you
It's hard to be, and good to keep
And once you're with it, it's hard to leave
You can't help but run wild with imagination
It'll change your life from wrong or right
And then you touch, touch the sky, and now I
Don't see how I made it through the night
But I see how there's some people who fight
Some people fight for love
They stick with it, just can't quit it
Some people hide from love, they run from it, cause they don't want it
When you got a love and it's good like it should be
Makes you never wanna give it up
Cause you know that some people die for love
And I believe it's true cause I'd do the same for you
Some people fight for love,
(I don't wanna do it no more)
Some people hide from love,
(It just feels so good)
But when you got a love and it's good like it should be
Makes you never wanna give it up cause you know that,
Some people fight for love
Lyrics submitted by dontwasteyoursong
Fight for Love Lyrics as written by Theodore Thomas Johnta Austin
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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