"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.
Girl, there is a better way
Don't let a rainy day
Take the sun from you
Hang on, be all that you can be
That's the philosophy
That will get you through
Well, you may not find the answers
To the questions in your mind
But girl that's just the way the story goes
You can forget about the future now
And leave your past behind
Pura vida por la vida
De la mano, de la mano
Take my hand, take my hand
We all need to be loved
Por la vida por la vida
Musica, oye mi musica
We all try the best we can
We all need to be loved
When lost go down a different street
Dance to a different beat
Just follow your heart
Come out no matter where you're from
Sing out your favorite song
You can be a star
You may not find a reasons
For the puzzle in your mind
But girl that's just the way the story goes
You can forget about the future now
And leave your past behind
Desde San Jose, Costa Rica
Hear me, hear me, hear me
Hear me blowing
Through your speaker
Uno dos tres cuatro
La luna est?? llena
Estas noches de nenas
Vamos a bailar
Samba rap o macarena
Un poquillo de reggaet??n
Pa olvidar la situaci??n en casa
Que pasa chiquilla dejalo ir
Djalo lose como avestruz
Anda, anda mu??strele a ese man
Que tu culo es el que manda
Cuando lo mueves as?? que mu??velo
Que bailando todo se cura
Y la vida es m??s pura
Don't let a rainy day
Take the sun from you
Hang on, be all that you can be
That's the philosophy
That will get you through
Well, you may not find the answers
To the questions in your mind
But girl that's just the way the story goes
You can forget about the future now
And leave your past behind
Pura vida por la vida
De la mano, de la mano
Take my hand, take my hand
We all need to be loved
Por la vida por la vida
Musica, oye mi musica
We all try the best we can
We all need to be loved
When lost go down a different street
Dance to a different beat
Just follow your heart
Come out no matter where you're from
Sing out your favorite song
You can be a star
You may not find a reasons
For the puzzle in your mind
But girl that's just the way the story goes
You can forget about the future now
And leave your past behind
Desde San Jose, Costa Rica
Hear me, hear me, hear me
Hear me blowing
Through your speaker
Uno dos tres cuatro
La luna est?? llena
Estas noches de nenas
Vamos a bailar
Samba rap o macarena
Un poquillo de reggaet??n
Pa olvidar la situaci??n en casa
Que pasa chiquilla dejalo ir
Djalo lose como avestruz
Anda, anda mu??strele a ese man
Que tu culo es el que manda
Cuando lo mueves as?? que mu??velo
Que bailando todo se cura
Y la vida es m??s pura
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Need 2 B Loved Lyrics as written by Debi Nova Andrew Ramsey
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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