"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.
Dentro tuyo, dentro tuyo están las llaves
Solas e-, solas esperan tus manos
Tanto buscar, tanto buscar por afuera
Y ahora te, y ahora te gana el desgano
Es tan difícil decir
Todas las cosas que siento
A veces yo quiero oír
Solo lo que dice el viento
No necesito que recuerdes ya mi nombre
No necesito que me digas adónde querés llegar
Ni si conmigo estas vengándote de un hombre
No es necesario que preguntes qué es lo que te quiero dar
Porque ahora yo quiero ver
Tus piernas, nena, tan fuertes
Atrapandome en su red
Llevándome para siempre
Dame un poquito de tu amor
Para el corazón
Dame un poquito, por favor
Que no viene mal
Un farolito de ilusión
Para el corazón
Déjame que te vea cerquita, cerquita por hoy
Que no viene mal
Así que te quiero ver
Remando, nena, muy fuerte
A veces podés perder
Y creo que hoy tenemos suerte
Dame un poquito de tu amor
Para el corazón
Dame un poquito, por favor
Que no viene mal
Un farolito de ilusión
Para el corazón
Déjame que te vea cerquita, cerquita por hoy
Y que no viene mal
Solamente quiero oír, solamente quiero oír
Todas las cosas que siento
Todas las cosas que siento
Solamente quiero oír, solamente quiero oír
Todas las cosas que siento
Todas las cosas que siento
Solas e-, solas esperan tus manos
Tanto buscar, tanto buscar por afuera
Y ahora te, y ahora te gana el desgano
Es tan difícil decir
Todas las cosas que siento
A veces yo quiero oír
Solo lo que dice el viento
No necesito que recuerdes ya mi nombre
No necesito que me digas adónde querés llegar
Ni si conmigo estas vengándote de un hombre
No es necesario que preguntes qué es lo que te quiero dar
Porque ahora yo quiero ver
Tus piernas, nena, tan fuertes
Atrapandome en su red
Llevándome para siempre
Dame un poquito de tu amor
Para el corazón
Dame un poquito, por favor
Que no viene mal
Un farolito de ilusión
Para el corazón
Déjame que te vea cerquita, cerquita por hoy
Que no viene mal
Así que te quiero ver
Remando, nena, muy fuerte
A veces podés perder
Y creo que hoy tenemos suerte
Dame un poquito de tu amor
Para el corazón
Dame un poquito, por favor
Que no viene mal
Un farolito de ilusión
Para el corazón
Déjame que te vea cerquita, cerquita por hoy
Y que no viene mal
Solamente quiero oír, solamente quiero oír
Todas las cosas que siento
Todas las cosas que siento
Solamente quiero oír, solamente quiero oír
Todas las cosas que siento
Todas las cosas que siento
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El Farolito (La Rubia Tarada) Lyrics as written by Daniel Alberto Fernandez Andres Ciro Martinez
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