"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.
Oh, oh, oh
Yeah
Hm hm hm
I wait on you
Forever
Any day
Hand and foot
Your world
Is my world
Yeah
Ain't no way
You ever
Gonna get any
Less than you should
'Cause baby
You smile
I smile
Whoa
'Cause whenever
You smile
I smile
Hey, hey, hey
Your lips
My biggest weakness
Shouldn't have let you know
I'm always gonna do what they say
If you need me
I come runnin'
From a thousand miles away
When you smile
I smile
Whoa, whoa, ah, ah
You smile
I smile
Hey
Baby take my
Open heart
And all it offers
'Cause this is as
Unconditional as it'll
Ever get you ain't
Seen nothing yet
I won't ever
Hesitate
To give you more
'Cause baby
You smile
I smile
Whoa, whoa, ah, ah
You smile
I smile
Hey, hey, hey
You smile
I smile
I smile, I smile, I smile
You smile
I smile
Make me smile baby
Baby you won't ever want for nothing
You are my ins and my means now
With you there's no in between
I'm all in
'Cause my cards are on the table
And I'm willing and I'm able
But I fold
To your wish
'Cause it's my command
Hey, hey, hey
You smile
I smile
Whoa, whoa, ah, ah
You smile
I smile
Hey, hey, hey
You smile
I smile
I smile, I smile, I smile
You smile
I smile
You smile
I smile
You smile
I smile
Yeah
Hm hm hm
I wait on you
Forever
Any day
Hand and foot
Your world
Is my world
Yeah
Ain't no way
You ever
Gonna get any
Less than you should
'Cause baby
You smile
I smile
Whoa
'Cause whenever
You smile
I smile
Hey, hey, hey
Your lips
My biggest weakness
Shouldn't have let you know
I'm always gonna do what they say
If you need me
I come runnin'
From a thousand miles away
When you smile
I smile
Whoa, whoa, ah, ah
You smile
I smile
Hey
Baby take my
Open heart
And all it offers
'Cause this is as
Unconditional as it'll
Ever get you ain't
Seen nothing yet
I won't ever
Hesitate
To give you more
'Cause baby
You smile
I smile
Whoa, whoa, ah, ah
You smile
I smile
Hey, hey, hey
You smile
I smile
I smile, I smile, I smile
You smile
I smile
Make me smile baby
Baby you won't ever want for nothing
You are my ins and my means now
With you there's no in between
I'm all in
'Cause my cards are on the table
And I'm willing and I'm able
But I fold
To your wish
'Cause it's my command
Hey, hey, hey
You smile
I smile
Whoa, whoa, ah, ah
You smile
I smile
Hey, hey, hey
You smile
I smile
I smile, I smile, I smile
You smile
I smile
You smile
I smile
You smile
I smile
Lyrics submitted by ChristineMcB
U Smile Lyrics as written by Jerry Duplessis August Rigo
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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ooooooh isn't Justin cool using text language in his song titles. By now you may have realised i am speaking ironically and think he is a homosexual pimp stick
that is such an ignorant, rude and dimwitted thing to say.
If you think this and hate Justin, then why in the world would you look up his song lyrics ? Just to hate? That is so immature. Like for real. I respect Justin Bieber and I love his music. I'm sorry if you have an issue with that. Actually, no I'm not sorry. I really don't care what you have to say about if I'm gay or whatever you people say. Oh, and excuse me for correcting you. I just noticed that you are probably just as gay as you think Justin Bieber. By the way, your sarcasm SUCKS.<br /> <br />