"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 could forget your name
I could forget your face forever
I could forget about the smile you always faked
The one you thought I thought would never
I could forget your lies
I could forget the height for always
I could forget how desperately you tried
Flattery would get you nowhere
I could forget how you would try to get the best of me
You'll never forget that you never got me!
You never got me!
Real nice to know that you care
To leave me soaking wet
I'm so surprised you would dare
You make me wanna forget (make me wanna forget)
I could forget your pride
I could forget your wondering eyes
I could forget about the way you made me feel
You talk so condescendingly
I could forget how you would try to get the best of me
You'll never forget that you never got me!
You never got me!
Real nice to know that you care
To leave me soaking wet
I'm so surprised you would dare
You make me wanna forget
Real nice to know that you care
To leave me soaking wet
I'm so surprised you would dare
You make me wanna forget
(Never got me!)
Real nice to know that you care
To leave me soaking wet
I'm so surprised you would dare
You make me wanna forget
Real nice to know that you care
To leave me soaking wet
I'm so surprised you would dare
You make me wanna forget
(You make me, you make me)
You make me wanna forget.
(You make me, get!)
I could forget your face forever
I could forget about the smile you always faked
The one you thought I thought would never
I could forget your lies
I could forget the height for always
I could forget how desperately you tried
Flattery would get you nowhere
I could forget how you would try to get the best of me
You'll never forget that you never got me!
You never got me!
Real nice to know that you care
To leave me soaking wet
I'm so surprised you would dare
You make me wanna forget (make me wanna forget)
I could forget your pride
I could forget your wondering eyes
I could forget about the way you made me feel
You talk so condescendingly
I could forget how you would try to get the best of me
You'll never forget that you never got me!
You never got me!
Real nice to know that you care
To leave me soaking wet
I'm so surprised you would dare
You make me wanna forget
Real nice to know that you care
To leave me soaking wet
I'm so surprised you would dare
You make me wanna forget
(Never got me!)
Real nice to know that you care
To leave me soaking wet
I'm so surprised you would dare
You make me wanna forget
Real nice to know that you care
To leave me soaking wet
I'm so surprised you would dare
You make me wanna forget
(You make me, you make me)
You make me wanna forget.
(You make me, get!)
Lyrics submitted by thegingerfatone, edited by momjeans
The Best of Me Lyrics as written by Jeph Howard Quinn Allman
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