"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 took control, pushed me on the wall
Took me in the stall told me give me what I want
I just cant, okay I just might
Yeah, I'm just saying, she hit the bathroom lights
Pressed her hands up on the tiles like ahh
Put her skirt in my hands and told me just watch
High heel walk through a spilled drink floor
Can't tell what I want but I think it's more
So I wait for your eyes I was reading your plays
Put a light to my smoke with a shotgun kiss find your lips through the haze
With a twist in my glass, baby, and you whisper your name
Don't worry the sun don't concern me the flame is a one night thing, yeah
Baby loving the way u take me
Nobody here's gon' break me
Nobody here's in love
Baby loving the way u take me
Nobody here's gon' break me
Nobody here's in love
She took her clothes put them on hold
Saw an X on her hand she's looking for the soap
First I wouldn't go, now I'm in the cold
Parking garage with her hands on my soul
Oh no I'm going home
Her vicious lips feel like a razor blade poem
Razor blade eyes tan colored thighs
A girl with a spine and a man on the side
So I wait for your eyes I was reading your plays
Put a light to my smoke with a shotgun kiss find your lips through the haze
With a twist in my glass, baby, and you whisper your name
Don't worry the sun don't concern me the flame is a one night thing
Baby loving the way u take me
Nobody here's gon' break me
Nobody here's in love
Baby loving the way u take me
Nobody here's gon' break me
Nobody here's in love
Baby loving the way u take me
Nobody here's gon' break me
Nobody here's in love
Baby loving the way u take me
Nobody here's gon' break me
Nobody here's in love
Calling all the lovers, late night under covers you too
(I believe in the night I'm leaving when I like)
Raise your cups and glasses, hope for real romance to come true
(Make a toast to the vandals, make the most of your love for the scandal)
But put your thoughts together, love don't equal pleasure every night
(She equals risk, take that arrow, please don't miss)
I'm not knowing better, just admit your game ain't quite right
(We all fall for the same tricks, let the music play and let me say this)
Baby loving the way u take me
Nobody here's gon' break me
Nobody here's in love
Baby loving the way u take me
Nobody here's gon' break me
Nobody here's in love
Baby loving the way u take me
Nobody here's gon' break me
Nobody here's in love
Baby loving the way u take me
Nobody here's gon' break me
Nobody here's in love
Took me in the stall told me give me what I want
I just cant, okay I just might
Yeah, I'm just saying, she hit the bathroom lights
Pressed her hands up on the tiles like ahh
Put her skirt in my hands and told me just watch
High heel walk through a spilled drink floor
Can't tell what I want but I think it's more
So I wait for your eyes I was reading your plays
Put a light to my smoke with a shotgun kiss find your lips through the haze
With a twist in my glass, baby, and you whisper your name
Don't worry the sun don't concern me the flame is a one night thing, yeah
Baby loving the way u take me
Nobody here's gon' break me
Nobody here's in love
Baby loving the way u take me
Nobody here's gon' break me
Nobody here's in love
She took her clothes put them on hold
Saw an X on her hand she's looking for the soap
First I wouldn't go, now I'm in the cold
Parking garage with her hands on my soul
Oh no I'm going home
Her vicious lips feel like a razor blade poem
Razor blade eyes tan colored thighs
A girl with a spine and a man on the side
So I wait for your eyes I was reading your plays
Put a light to my smoke with a shotgun kiss find your lips through the haze
With a twist in my glass, baby, and you whisper your name
Don't worry the sun don't concern me the flame is a one night thing
Baby loving the way u take me
Nobody here's gon' break me
Nobody here's in love
Baby loving the way u take me
Nobody here's gon' break me
Nobody here's in love
Baby loving the way u take me
Nobody here's gon' break me
Nobody here's in love
Baby loving the way u take me
Nobody here's gon' break me
Nobody here's in love
Calling all the lovers, late night under covers you too
(I believe in the night I'm leaving when I like)
Raise your cups and glasses, hope for real romance to come true
(Make a toast to the vandals, make the most of your love for the scandal)
But put your thoughts together, love don't equal pleasure every night
(She equals risk, take that arrow, please don't miss)
I'm not knowing better, just admit your game ain't quite right
(We all fall for the same tricks, let the music play and let me say this)
Baby loving the way u take me
Nobody here's gon' break me
Nobody here's in love
Baby loving the way u take me
Nobody here's gon' break me
Nobody here's in love
Baby loving the way u take me
Nobody here's gon' break me
Nobody here's in love
Baby loving the way u take me
Nobody here's gon' break me
Nobody here's in love
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