"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 am convinced
that we could be friends
We have several interests in common
In common
And I am convinced
that we have been friends
Were you a Tahitian
grain of sand
In a past life?
Please don't put your face into your hands
we could be friends
Please don't put your face into your hands
we could be friends
I am convinced
that we should be friends
We compare our hearts
to things that fly
But cannot land
Please don't put your face into your hands
we could be friends
Please don't put your face into your hands
we could be friends
Please don't put your face into your hands
we could be friends
Please don't put your fresh into your ways
we could be friends
Please don't put your face into your hands
we could be friends
I can count the ways on my two hands
We could be friends
that we could be friends
We have several interests in common
In common
And I am convinced
that we have been friends
Were you a Tahitian
grain of sand
In a past life?
Please don't put your face into your hands
we could be friends
Please don't put your face into your hands
we could be friends
I am convinced
that we should be friends
We compare our hearts
to things that fly
But cannot land
Please don't put your face into your hands
we could be friends
Please don't put your face into your hands
we could be friends
Please don't put your face into your hands
we could be friends
Please don't put your fresh into your ways
we could be friends
Please don't put your face into your hands
we could be friends
I can count the ways on my two hands
We could be friends
Lyrics submitted by nohitter151
We Could Be Friends Lyrics as written by Judah Dadone
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