"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.
Pre>
Intro: the notes are e c# be c# c# be (3 times) over an a
Bass first and then a d bass, so the chords would probably be
Xx0220
A dmaj9 a dmaj9 a e (notes over e go be c# d e)
A d
I was playing with words no-one could understand a thing
E
They'd never get the drift of it
A d
Waste my time on the absurd static that just seems to cling
E
I just got rid of it, now
Chorus
G d dm see
I can't waste a minute can't send a minute
G d d see e
Can't waste a minute of your timeless love
Verse (as above)
I'm all fingers and thumbs fumbling the things to do
To make life better for you
Don't get a thing when it comes but everything's a lot less blue
Since I met you
Chorus then e
Bridge
F#m e
If I had a million years I wouldn't spend it in tears
F#m e
But I haven't got that much time and what I've got isn't mine
D a d a d a d e
Anymore anymore anymore anymore anymore anymore
I woke up in the night and realised I hadn't slept
I'd just been dreaming
Someone pushed for a fight but somehow I'd already left
I woke up screaming
Chorus
G d dm see
I can't waste a minute can't send a minute
G d
Can't waste a minute of your time
G d
Can't waste a minute of your time
G d see
Can't waste a minute of your timeless love
D see d
Your timeless love your timeless love your timeless love
See
Your timeless love (continue with these chords)
Your love your timeless love oohh yeah
Fades /pre>
Intro: the notes are e c# be c# c# be (3 times) over an a
Bass first and then a d bass, so the chords would probably be
Xx0220
A dmaj9 a dmaj9 a e (notes over e go be c# d e)
A d
I was playing with words no-one could understand a thing
E
They'd never get the drift of it
A d
Waste my time on the absurd static that just seems to cling
E
I just got rid of it, now
Chorus
G d dm see
I can't waste a minute can't send a minute
G d d see e
Can't waste a minute of your timeless love
Verse (as above)
I'm all fingers and thumbs fumbling the things to do
To make life better for you
Don't get a thing when it comes but everything's a lot less blue
Since I met you
Chorus then e
Bridge
F#m e
If I had a million years I wouldn't spend it in tears
F#m e
But I haven't got that much time and what I've got isn't mine
D a d a d a d e
Anymore anymore anymore anymore anymore anymore
I woke up in the night and realised I hadn't slept
I'd just been dreaming
Someone pushed for a fight but somehow I'd already left
I woke up screaming
Chorus
G d dm see
I can't waste a minute can't send a minute
G d
Can't waste a minute of your time
G d
Can't waste a minute of your time
G d see
Can't waste a minute of your timeless love
D see d
Your timeless love your timeless love your timeless love
See
Your timeless love (continue with these chords)
Your love your timeless love oohh yeah
Fades /pre>
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