"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.
She said it's 3 AM
And everybody else is fast asleep in bed
And I can't seem to find the switch to turn the lights off
Even though you need to fall asleep
Goodnight, moon
I'll close my eyes, okay, alright and say
Goodnight to the shadows on the wall
We're drifting through the empty streets with weightless feet
Singing goodnight to the moon
I think you're cute when you are dreaming
All about the city lights around
And when you wake up after daybreak
So will everyone who lives in town
They'll say, "Did you see when Rocket Number Nine took to the open skies late last night?"
They'll say, "It flew beyond the atmosphere and took pictures of the brilliant northern lights!"
Goodnight, moon
I'll close my eyes, okay, alright and say
Goodnight to the shadows on the wall
We're drifting through the empty streets with weightless feet
Singing goodnight to the moon
Turn around, you can turn the car around, girl
Because there's something that's caught my eye
And I've been writing it down, girl
In case you ever said goodbye
You'll have to wait and see
When you open your eyes wide
How does you feel
After a night long car ride?
Goodnight, moon
And everybody else is fast asleep in bed
And I can't seem to find the switch to turn the lights off
Even though you need to fall asleep
Goodnight, moon
I'll close my eyes, okay, alright and say
Goodnight to the shadows on the wall
We're drifting through the empty streets with weightless feet
Singing goodnight to the moon
I think you're cute when you are dreaming
All about the city lights around
And when you wake up after daybreak
So will everyone who lives in town
They'll say, "Did you see when Rocket Number Nine took to the open skies late last night?"
They'll say, "It flew beyond the atmosphere and took pictures of the brilliant northern lights!"
Goodnight, moon
I'll close my eyes, okay, alright and say
Goodnight to the shadows on the wall
We're drifting through the empty streets with weightless feet
Singing goodnight to the moon
Turn around, you can turn the car around, girl
Because there's something that's caught my eye
And I've been writing it down, girl
In case you ever said goodbye
You'll have to wait and see
When you open your eyes wide
How does you feel
After a night long car ride?
Goodnight, moon
Lyrics submitted by BleedorBreathe
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some of the lyrics are wrong but oh wells :D I love this song! I don't really understand it though, it seems just simple but meaningful at the same time. Oh wells <3
She said it's three AM and everybody else is fast asleep in bed and I can't seem to find the switch to turn the lights off even though you need to fall asleep
Goodnight moon I'll close my eyes, okay, alright and say Goodnight to the shadows on the wall We're drifting through the empty streets with weightless feet singing goodnight to the moon
I think you're cute when you are dreaming all about the city lights around and when you wake up after daybreak so will everyone who lives in town
They'll say, "did you see when Rocket Number Nine took to the open skies late last night?" They'll say, "it flew beyond the atmosphere and took pictures of the brilliant northern lights!"
Goodnight moon I'll close my eyes, okay, alright and say Goodnight to the shadows on the wall We're drifting through the empty streets with weightless feet singing goodnight to the moon
Turn around, you can turn the car around girl because there's something that's caught my eye and I've been writing it down, girl in case you ever said goodbye You'll have to wait and see when you open your eyes wide how does you feel after a night long car ride?
Goodnight, moon...
reply to myself: are any of the lyrics actually different?! Because it seems that these lyrics are accurate.