"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 didn't grab my pen tonight
To wreck your name or start a fight
There's just a couple things I want to say to you
And I knew you wouldn't sit down just to hear
So let me spell it out for your deaf ears
It's sad to say but the hearsay's more than true
You're everything that everybody warned about
Who am I to tell you what to do
You're not the type to do what you're told
But let me tell you you're gonna miss this heart of gold
You seem to prefer bitter endings
The only type that your hands can hold
But let me tell you you're gonna miss this heart of gold
Can you shut up long enough
To hear what I have to say just once
We're not gonna talk about it later now is the time
There's nothing everywhere you've been
You run from none to none again
I won't be here tomorrow but you just might
You're everything that I can live my life without
Who am I to tell you what to do
You're not the type to do what you're told
But let me tell you you're gonna miss this heart of gold
You seem to prefer bitter endings
The only type that your hands can hold
But let me tell you you're gonna miss this heart of gold
You're gonna miss this
Yeah you're gonna miss this face
Gonna miss these kisses
Who am I to tell you what to do
You're not the type to do what you're told
But let me tell you you're gonna miss this heart of gold
You seem to prefer bitter endings
The only type that your hands can hold
But let me tell you you're gonna miss this heart of gold
To wreck your name or start a fight
There's just a couple things I want to say to you
And I knew you wouldn't sit down just to hear
So let me spell it out for your deaf ears
It's sad to say but the hearsay's more than true
You're everything that everybody warned about
Who am I to tell you what to do
You're not the type to do what you're told
But let me tell you you're gonna miss this heart of gold
You seem to prefer bitter endings
The only type that your hands can hold
But let me tell you you're gonna miss this heart of gold
Can you shut up long enough
To hear what I have to say just once
We're not gonna talk about it later now is the time
There's nothing everywhere you've been
You run from none to none again
I won't be here tomorrow but you just might
You're everything that I can live my life without
Who am I to tell you what to do
You're not the type to do what you're told
But let me tell you you're gonna miss this heart of gold
You seem to prefer bitter endings
The only type that your hands can hold
But let me tell you you're gonna miss this heart of gold
You're gonna miss this
Yeah you're gonna miss this face
Gonna miss these kisses
Who am I to tell you what to do
You're not the type to do what you're told
But let me tell you you're gonna miss this heart of gold
You seem to prefer bitter endings
The only type that your hands can hold
But let me tell you you're gonna miss this heart of gold
Lyrics submitted by onthefinishline
Heart of Gold [Bonus Track] Lyrics as written by Michael Busbee Ashlyne Huff
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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yes...people are so dumb why would anybody with good sense let a good thing go? "let me tell you you're gonna miss this ♥ of gold" smdh
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