"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.
Ne me dis pas ce que je sais déja
Donne moi une reponse sur mes questions c'est que je veux de toi
Dis moi ce que j'ai a dire si on me questionne
Comme ca mes reponses seront toujours les bonnes
Defends moi de prendre des drogues ou de fumer des cigarettes
Et je pourrais leur dire que je suis (straight age)
Donnes moi des habits que j'ai a mettre
Et je dirai que c'est mon style
Peut-etre
Peut-etre
Peut-etre
Peut-etre
Donnes moi un theme et le leur dis que j'y pense tout le temps
Donnes moi la musique aussi et je dirais que c'est la mienne
Donnes moi une raison de te croire sans regrets
Montres moi le monde de ta facon et je te suivrais
Dis moi quelle direction j'ai a prendre a chaque croisement
En fait dis moi comment j'ai a vivre ma vie
Pour que plus tard avant de mourir je puisse te dire merci
Peut-etre
Peut-etre
Peut-etre
I will
Maybe you say and I will
Maybe you say and I will
Maybe you say and I will
Maybe you say I will
Maybe you say and I will
Maybe you say and I will
MAYBE...
Tell me what you want me to see
And I'll tell them that I'm not blind, no I´m not blind
Tell me what you want me to do and what you want me to say
And I'll tell them that it's my way
Tell me how you want me to look like
And I will tell them that it´s just me
Tell me what´s the truth
And I'll tell them that I'll never lie
Maybe...
Give me a reason to calm down
Give me a reason to believe in you
Give me a reason to follow
Give me a reason to trust in you
Show me something I wanna see
Show me something my eyes can rest on
Show me who I wanna be
You tell me and I will maybe...
I will
Maybe you say I will
Maybe you say I will
Maybe you say I will
Maybe you say I will
Maybe you say I will
Maybe you say I will
Maybe you say I will
MAYBE...
Donne moi une reponse sur mes questions c'est que je veux de toi
Dis moi ce que j'ai a dire si on me questionne
Comme ca mes reponses seront toujours les bonnes
Defends moi de prendre des drogues ou de fumer des cigarettes
Et je pourrais leur dire que je suis (straight age)
Donnes moi des habits que j'ai a mettre
Et je dirai que c'est mon style
Peut-etre
Peut-etre
Peut-etre
Peut-etre
Donnes moi un theme et le leur dis que j'y pense tout le temps
Donnes moi la musique aussi et je dirais que c'est la mienne
Donnes moi une raison de te croire sans regrets
Montres moi le monde de ta facon et je te suivrais
Dis moi quelle direction j'ai a prendre a chaque croisement
En fait dis moi comment j'ai a vivre ma vie
Pour que plus tard avant de mourir je puisse te dire merci
Peut-etre
Peut-etre
Peut-etre
I will
Maybe you say and I will
Maybe you say and I will
Maybe you say and I will
Maybe you say I will
Maybe you say and I will
Maybe you say and I will
MAYBE...
Tell me what you want me to see
And I'll tell them that I'm not blind, no I´m not blind
Tell me what you want me to do and what you want me to say
And I'll tell them that it's my way
Tell me how you want me to look like
And I will tell them that it´s just me
Tell me what´s the truth
And I'll tell them that I'll never lie
Maybe...
Give me a reason to calm down
Give me a reason to believe in you
Give me a reason to follow
Give me a reason to trust in you
Show me something I wanna see
Show me something my eyes can rest on
Show me who I wanna be
You tell me and I will maybe...
I will
Maybe you say I will
Maybe you say I will
Maybe you say I will
Maybe you say I will
Maybe you say I will
Maybe you say I will
Maybe you say I will
MAYBE...
Lyrics submitted by Sebastian1985
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