"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.
Tell me when will you be mine
Tell me quando, quando, quando
We can share a love divine
Please don't make me wait again
When will you say 'yes' to me?
Tell me quando, quando, quando
You mean happiness to me
Oh, my love, please tell me when
Ev'ry moment's a day
Ev'ry day seems a lifetime
Let me show you the way
To a joy beyond compare
I can't wait a moment more
Tell me quando, quando, quando
Say it's me that you adore
And then, darlin', tell me when
Ev'ry moment's a day
Ev'ry day seems a lifetime
Let me show you the way
To a joy beyond compare
I can't wait a moment more
Tell me quando, quando, quando
Say it's me that you adore
And then, darlin', tell me when
Oh, my darlin', tell me when
Mmm, my darlin', tell me when
Tell me quando, quando, quando
We can share a love divine
Please don't make me wait again
When will you say 'yes' to me?
Tell me quando, quando, quando
You mean happiness to me
Oh, my love, please tell me when
Ev'ry moment's a day
Ev'ry day seems a lifetime
Let me show you the way
To a joy beyond compare
I can't wait a moment more
Tell me quando, quando, quando
Say it's me that you adore
And then, darlin', tell me when
Ev'ry moment's a day
Ev'ry day seems a lifetime
Let me show you the way
To a joy beyond compare
I can't wait a moment more
Tell me quando, quando, quando
Say it's me that you adore
And then, darlin', tell me when
Oh, my darlin', tell me when
Mmm, my darlin', tell me when
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Cuando, Cuando, Cuando [Live] Lyrics as written by Alberto Testa Ervin Drake
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