"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.
If I, I ain't got nothing, I got you
If I, I ain't got something I don't give a damn, 'cause I got it with you
I don't know much about algebra, but I know one plus one equals two
And it's me and you
That's all we'll have when the world is through
'Cause baby, we ain't got nothing without love
Darling you got enough for the both of us
So come on baby, make love to me
When my days look low, pull me in close and don't let me go
Make love to me, so when the worlds at war, let our love heal us all
Right now baby make love to me, me, me, me, me
Oh, oh, make love to me
Hey, I don't know much about guns but I
I've been shot by you
Hey, and I don't know when I'm gon die, but I hope
That I'm gon die by you
Hey, and I don't know much about fighting, but I, I know
I will fight for you
Hey, just when I ball up my fist I realize
That I'm laying right next to you
Baby, we ain't got nothing but love
And darling you got enough for the both of us, ooh
Make love to me when my days look low
Pull me in close and don't let me go
Make love to me so when the worlds at war
Let our love heal us all
Help me let down my guard, make love to me, me, me, me, me
Oh, oh, make love to me, me, me, me, me
If I, I ain't got something I don't give a damn, 'cause I got it with you
I don't know much about algebra, but I know one plus one equals two
And it's me and you
That's all we'll have when the world is through
'Cause baby, we ain't got nothing without love
Darling you got enough for the both of us
So come on baby, make love to me
When my days look low, pull me in close and don't let me go
Make love to me, so when the worlds at war, let our love heal us all
Right now baby make love to me, me, me, me, me
Oh, oh, make love to me
Hey, I don't know much about guns but I
I've been shot by you
Hey, and I don't know when I'm gon die, but I hope
That I'm gon die by you
Hey, and I don't know much about fighting, but I, I know
I will fight for you
Hey, just when I ball up my fist I realize
That I'm laying right next to you
Baby, we ain't got nothing but love
And darling you got enough for the both of us, ooh
Make love to me when my days look low
Pull me in close and don't let me go
Make love to me so when the worlds at war
Let our love heal us all
Help me let down my guard, make love to me, me, me, me, me
Oh, oh, make love to me, me, me, me, me
Lyrics submitted by barracudaa, edited by beautiful24l
1+1 Lyrics as written by Christopher Stewart Terius Nash
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