"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.
Take another step, tell another lie
Hide another tear in the corner of your eye
I don't understand
What kind of game is this we're playing
Dancin' in the dark, shadow's in the night
Slowly going wrong, trying to make it right
The silence is so loud
I can't hear the words we're saying
Anyone can do the heartbreak
Everybody knows the dance
Oh, it's so easy to do
You tear a dream in two to kill a true romance
Anyone can do the heartbreak
Anyone can make love end
It's gonna take a little pain
Some fire and some rain to bring it back again
I know you're afraid, baby, so am I
You think you're going to fall, all you want to do is fly
We're up against the wall
And love is the chance we're taking
So baby, look into my heart, tell me can't you see
I belong with you, you belong with me?
When I hold you in my arms
We can hear the music playing
Anyone can do the heartbreak
Everybody knows the dance
Oh, it's so easy to do
You tear a dream in two to kill a true romance
Anyone can do the heartbreak
Anyone can make love end
It's gonna take a little pain
Some fire and some rain to bring it back again
And it's one step forward and two steps back
Well, we keep on moving
But we're only losing ground
We've got to turn this love around
Anyone can do the heartbreak
Everybody knows the dance
Oh, it's so easy to do
You tear a dream in two to kill a true romance
Anyone can do the heartbreak
Anyone can make love end
It's gonna take a little pain
Some fire and some rain to bring it back again
Anyone can do the heartbreak
Everybody knows the dance
Oh, it's so easy to do
You tear a dream in two to kill a true romance
Anyone can do the heartbreak
Anyone can make love end
It's gonna take a little pain
Some fire and some rain to bring it back again
Hide another tear in the corner of your eye
I don't understand
What kind of game is this we're playing
Dancin' in the dark, shadow's in the night
Slowly going wrong, trying to make it right
The silence is so loud
I can't hear the words we're saying
Anyone can do the heartbreak
Everybody knows the dance
Oh, it's so easy to do
You tear a dream in two to kill a true romance
Anyone can do the heartbreak
Anyone can make love end
It's gonna take a little pain
Some fire and some rain to bring it back again
I know you're afraid, baby, so am I
You think you're going to fall, all you want to do is fly
We're up against the wall
And love is the chance we're taking
So baby, look into my heart, tell me can't you see
I belong with you, you belong with me?
When I hold you in my arms
We can hear the music playing
Anyone can do the heartbreak
Everybody knows the dance
Oh, it's so easy to do
You tear a dream in two to kill a true romance
Anyone can do the heartbreak
Anyone can make love end
It's gonna take a little pain
Some fire and some rain to bring it back again
And it's one step forward and two steps back
Well, we keep on moving
But we're only losing ground
We've got to turn this love around
Anyone can do the heartbreak
Everybody knows the dance
Oh, it's so easy to do
You tear a dream in two to kill a true romance
Anyone can do the heartbreak
Anyone can make love end
It's gonna take a little pain
Some fire and some rain to bring it back again
Anyone can do the heartbreak
Everybody knows the dance
Oh, it's so easy to do
You tear a dream in two to kill a true romance
Anyone can do the heartbreak
Anyone can make love end
It's gonna take a little pain
Some fire and some rain to bring it back again
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