"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.
It's a sunny day,
so I got nowhere to hide,
not a cloud in the sky,
so I'm pretending, I've got something
in my eyes, just so you won't see me cry
So I wait for the storm, Oooh
to hide all my tears
but it's taking too long
but I won't run for the door, Oooh
'coz if you think I'm weak
then that makes you strong
So rain on me
What's the price of thunder? (rain on me)
It's like I'm waiting in a hundred degrees (so rain on me)
I'll be standing under (so rain on me)
disguise my tears so that you'll never see
Let it rain
(let it rain, let it rain on me, let it rain, let it rain on me)
Let it rain
(my tears are the rainfall and flow right to the sea)
Let it rain
(let it rain, let it rain on me, let it rain, let it rain on me)
Let it rain
(my tears are the rainfall and flow right to the sea)
I won't give you the pleasure
to see me breaking
and that's how you'll remember me
you're not worth it
I'll get better, only down for a second
I won't give you the victory
So I wait for the storm, Oooh
to hide all my tears
but it's taking too long
but I won't run for the door, Oooh
'coz if you think I'm weak
then that makes you strong
So rain on me
What's the price of thunder? (rain on me)
It's like I'm waiting in a hundred degrees (so rain on me)
I'll be standing under (so rain on me)
disguise my tears so that you'll never see
Let it rain
(let it rain, let it rain on me, let it rain, let it rain on me)
Let it rain
(my tears are the rainfall and flow right to the sea)
Let it rain
(let it rain, let it rain on me, let it rain, let it rain on me)
Let it rain
(my tears are the rainfall and flow right to the sea)
It's a sunny day,
so I got nowhere to hide,
not a cloud in the sky,
so I'm pretending, I've got something
in my eyes, just so you won't see me cry
So rain on me
What's the price of thunder? (rain on me)
It's like I'm waiting in a hundred degrees (so rain on me)
I'll be standing under (so rain on me)
disguise my tears so that you'll never see
Let it rain
(let it rain, let it rain on me, let it rain, let it rain on me)
Let it rain
(my tears are the rainfall and flow right to the sea)
Let it rain
(let it rain, let it rain on me, let it rain, let it rain on me)
Let it rain
(my tears are the rainfall and flow right to the sea)
Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain...
so I got nowhere to hide,
not a cloud in the sky,
so I'm pretending, I've got something
in my eyes, just so you won't see me cry
So I wait for the storm, Oooh
to hide all my tears
but it's taking too long
but I won't run for the door, Oooh
'coz if you think I'm weak
then that makes you strong
So rain on me
What's the price of thunder? (rain on me)
It's like I'm waiting in a hundred degrees (so rain on me)
I'll be standing under (so rain on me)
disguise my tears so that you'll never see
Let it rain
(let it rain, let it rain on me, let it rain, let it rain on me)
Let it rain
(my tears are the rainfall and flow right to the sea)
Let it rain
(let it rain, let it rain on me, let it rain, let it rain on me)
Let it rain
(my tears are the rainfall and flow right to the sea)
I won't give you the pleasure
to see me breaking
and that's how you'll remember me
you're not worth it
I'll get better, only down for a second
I won't give you the victory
So I wait for the storm, Oooh
to hide all my tears
but it's taking too long
but I won't run for the door, Oooh
'coz if you think I'm weak
then that makes you strong
So rain on me
What's the price of thunder? (rain on me)
It's like I'm waiting in a hundred degrees (so rain on me)
I'll be standing under (so rain on me)
disguise my tears so that you'll never see
Let it rain
(let it rain, let it rain on me, let it rain, let it rain on me)
Let it rain
(my tears are the rainfall and flow right to the sea)
Let it rain
(let it rain, let it rain on me, let it rain, let it rain on me)
Let it rain
(my tears are the rainfall and flow right to the sea)
It's a sunny day,
so I got nowhere to hide,
not a cloud in the sky,
so I'm pretending, I've got something
in my eyes, just so you won't see me cry
So rain on me
What's the price of thunder? (rain on me)
It's like I'm waiting in a hundred degrees (so rain on me)
I'll be standing under (so rain on me)
disguise my tears so that you'll never see
Let it rain
(let it rain, let it rain on me, let it rain, let it rain on me)
Let it rain
(my tears are the rainfall and flow right to the sea)
Let it rain
(let it rain, let it rain on me, let it rain, let it rain on me)
Let it rain
(my tears are the rainfall and flow right to the sea)
Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain...
Lyrics submitted by deedee38
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