"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.
(True lovers)
You said that you would never go away
Through the good bad happy and sad
We we had a love I'll cherish to the end
It's true love that time cannot erase
(Ooh) You you were the only one
I've ever known
That could make me feel so loves
Through good bad happy and sad we are
True lovers
You and me in ecstasy (true lovers)
I'm gonna hold you tight
And love you right (true lovers)
Baby yes we are (true lovers)
True lovers
Baby I'm enchanted with your touch
It's the one thing I need
So very very much
(Ooh) On a rainy night
Let's turn out the lights
And find ourselves all over again
Darling you you were the only one
I've ever known that could make me
Feel so loved
Through good bad happy and sad we are
True lovers
You and me in ecstasy (true lovers)
I'm gonna hold you tight
And love you right (true lovers)
Baby yes we are (true lovers)
True lovers
Sunny days are cloudy days
When you're not here with me
And cloudy days turn into rain
And it's falling down on me
And only you can make it better
Your love serves as the key
For what ills my heart
When things are dark
You're the remedy
(True lovers)
You and me in ecstasy (true lovers)
I'm gonna hold you tight
And love you right (we are) (true lovers)
Baby yes we are (true lovers)
My true lover (we are)
Whoo baby yes you are (true lovers)
My lover and my star (we are)
Baby yes you are (true lovers)
My true lover (we are)
(True lovers) Baby yes you are
My lover and my star (we are)
(True lovers) Baby yes you are
My true lover (we are true lovers)
Whoo my star
You said that you would never go away
Through the good bad happy and sad
We we had a love I'll cherish to the end
It's true love that time cannot erase
(Ooh) You you were the only one
I've ever known
That could make me feel so loves
Through good bad happy and sad we are
True lovers
You and me in ecstasy (true lovers)
I'm gonna hold you tight
And love you right (true lovers)
Baby yes we are (true lovers)
True lovers
Baby I'm enchanted with your touch
It's the one thing I need
So very very much
(Ooh) On a rainy night
Let's turn out the lights
And find ourselves all over again
Darling you you were the only one
I've ever known that could make me
Feel so loved
Through good bad happy and sad we are
True lovers
You and me in ecstasy (true lovers)
I'm gonna hold you tight
And love you right (true lovers)
Baby yes we are (true lovers)
True lovers
Sunny days are cloudy days
When you're not here with me
And cloudy days turn into rain
And it's falling down on me
And only you can make it better
Your love serves as the key
For what ills my heart
When things are dark
You're the remedy
(True lovers)
You and me in ecstasy (true lovers)
I'm gonna hold you tight
And love you right (we are) (true lovers)
Baby yes we are (true lovers)
My true lover (we are)
Whoo baby yes you are (true lovers)
My lover and my star (we are)
Baby yes you are (true lovers)
My true lover (we are)
(True lovers) Baby yes you are
My lover and my star (we are)
(True lovers) Baby yes you are
My true lover (we are true lovers)
Whoo my star
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True Lovers Lyrics as written by Alvin Moody Vincent F. Bell
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