"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 the man who's gotta know
What I've done and what I've lost 'cause of what I've done
And I can't say another word except to say, I'm sorry to you baby
And I don't know another thing except that you're the only girl I love, no
And I cant seem to understand, how I walked away from the best thing I ever had
Molly, I got mad at you, I did somethings I wish I had been better
I did to you what you did to me, but I did it so unexpectedly, I was angry
Molly, I've got news for you, no one understands what we have but me and you
And I don't care what your friends think, what my friends think, what your mom thinks
I'll be with you
'Cause we live and love like each other
We get mad like each other
We were made for each other
But grew up differently
I may have disappointed you, I know you know I'm sure I will do better
If I'm the man that you love the most then lay him down and let me put my 2 cents in
Molly, I'm not begging you, I'm telling you that nothing else should matter
I feel this strong in every bone in my body knows that you're my fucking baby
'Cause we make love like each other
We get mad like each other
We were made from each other
But grew up differently
We grew up differently
What I've done and what I've lost 'cause of what I've done
And I can't say another word except to say, I'm sorry to you baby
And I don't know another thing except that you're the only girl I love, no
And I cant seem to understand, how I walked away from the best thing I ever had
Molly, I got mad at you, I did somethings I wish I had been better
I did to you what you did to me, but I did it so unexpectedly, I was angry
Molly, I've got news for you, no one understands what we have but me and you
And I don't care what your friends think, what my friends think, what your mom thinks
I'll be with you
'Cause we live and love like each other
We get mad like each other
We were made for each other
But grew up differently
I may have disappointed you, I know you know I'm sure I will do better
If I'm the man that you love the most then lay him down and let me put my 2 cents in
Molly, I'm not begging you, I'm telling you that nothing else should matter
I feel this strong in every bone in my body knows that you're my fucking baby
'Cause we make love like each other
We get mad like each other
We were made from each other
But grew up differently
We grew up differently
Lyrics submitted by lookatthosemoose, edited by Mellow_Harsher
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