"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.
She's that kind of woman.
No doubt about how she feels.
She's holding promises.
Her eyes won't tell,
her lips are sealed.
And I like her like that.
She's kind of crazy.
I think I know what I'm looking for.
That kind of woman.
I think I know what I'm looking for.
That kind of woman.
Standing in the doorway
with the sunlight in her hair.
She's watching the wind blow.
You know she don't have a care.
I like her like that.
She's kind of crazy.
I think I know what I'm looking for.
That kind of woman.
I think I know what I'm looking for.
That kind of woman.
She's got to look so cool, you know what I mean.
Got the wickedest smile that I've ever seen.
I crashed my heart on the side of the street
that she once stood on.
She's that kind of woman.
I like her like that.
She's pretty amazing.
I understand why I want some more.
That kind of woman.
One look from her knocks me on the floor.
That kind of woman.
She's that kind of lady
that you meet in a dream of dreams.
Puts others in her shadow,
but you know this woman's real.
And I like her that.
She's kind of crazy.
I think I know what I'm looking for.
That kind of woman.
I think I know what I'm looking for.
That kind of woman.
I think I know what I'm looking for.
That kind of woman.
I said I know what I'm looking for.
That kind of woman.
That kind of woman.
That kind of woman.
No doubt about how she feels.
She's holding promises.
Her eyes won't tell,
her lips are sealed.
And I like her like that.
She's kind of crazy.
I think I know what I'm looking for.
That kind of woman.
I think I know what I'm looking for.
That kind of woman.
Standing in the doorway
with the sunlight in her hair.
She's watching the wind blow.
You know she don't have a care.
I like her like that.
She's kind of crazy.
I think I know what I'm looking for.
That kind of woman.
I think I know what I'm looking for.
That kind of woman.
She's got to look so cool, you know what I mean.
Got the wickedest smile that I've ever seen.
I crashed my heart on the side of the street
that she once stood on.
She's that kind of woman.
I like her like that.
She's pretty amazing.
I understand why I want some more.
That kind of woman.
One look from her knocks me on the floor.
That kind of woman.
She's that kind of lady
that you meet in a dream of dreams.
Puts others in her shadow,
but you know this woman's real.
And I like her that.
She's kind of crazy.
I think I know what I'm looking for.
That kind of woman.
I think I know what I'm looking for.
That kind of woman.
I think I know what I'm looking for.
That kind of woman.
I said I know what I'm looking for.
That kind of woman.
That kind of woman.
That kind of woman.
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That Kind of Woman Lyrics as written by George Harrison
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