"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.
Please stop saying things that you don't mean
Don't expect me to agree
You don't need to drive the point home
So don't, baby don't.
You don't have to lie to me again
You don't have to try to be my friend
You don't have to tell me that you're better off alone
So don't, baby don't.
Don't, baby don't.
And it's not that easy, but nothing ever is
And we keep screaming like stubborn little kids
And it's not my mission to make this any worse
But I've tried every trick that I can find
And it still hurts
I can't help to hope that you were wrong
Everything I'm searching for is gone
It doesn't need repeating but I hate when you say no
So don't, baby don't.
You don't think your point has come across
It's pretty clear from here what we've lost
You don't have to prove it cause I'm loosing my control
So don't, baby don't
Don't, baby don't.
And it's not that easy, but nothing ever is
And we keep screaming like stubborn little kids
And it's not my mission to make this any worse
But I've tried every trick that I can find
And it still hurts
Please stop saying things that you don't mean
Don't expect me to agree
You don't need to drive the point home
So don't, baby don't
Don't, baby don't.
Don't expect me to agree
You don't need to drive the point home
So don't, baby don't.
You don't have to lie to me again
You don't have to try to be my friend
You don't have to tell me that you're better off alone
So don't, baby don't.
Don't, baby don't.
And it's not that easy, but nothing ever is
And we keep screaming like stubborn little kids
And it's not my mission to make this any worse
But I've tried every trick that I can find
And it still hurts
I can't help to hope that you were wrong
Everything I'm searching for is gone
It doesn't need repeating but I hate when you say no
So don't, baby don't.
You don't think your point has come across
It's pretty clear from here what we've lost
You don't have to prove it cause I'm loosing my control
So don't, baby don't
Don't, baby don't.
And it's not that easy, but nothing ever is
And we keep screaming like stubborn little kids
And it's not my mission to make this any worse
But I've tried every trick that I can find
And it still hurts
Please stop saying things that you don't mean
Don't expect me to agree
You don't need to drive the point home
So don't, baby don't
Don't, baby don't.
Lyrics submitted by ThatSamKid
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I first heard this song on Degrassi. I think this song is about someone who's in a relationship, yet they feel like it's falling apart, and no matter how many times he tries to come up with new ways of trying to heal, he can't, the girl doesn't believe him when he said he's tried and keeps bickering at him.