"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.
(I just can't help falling in love with you)
Wise men say only fools rush in
But I can't help falling in love with you
Shall I say would it be a sin
(Be a sin)
If I can't help falling in love with you
Like a river flows (Ooh)
To the sea (Ooh)
So it goes
Some things are meant to be
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand (take my hand)
Take my whole life too (life too)
For I can't help falling in love with you
Wise men say only fools rush in
But I, I can't, I can't help falling in love (falling in love)
With you (with you)
Like a river flows (Ooh)
To the sea (Ooh)
So it goes
Some things are meant to be
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand (take my hand)
Take my whole life too (life too)
For I can't help falling in love with you
Take my hand (take my hand)
Take my whole life too (life too)
For I can't help falling in love with you
Like a river flows
That's the way it goes
I just can't help fallin' in love with you
(Fallin' in love with you)
Like a river flows (yea yea)
That's the way it goes ('cause I can't)
Fallin' in love with you
Like a river flows (I just can't help myself)
That's the way it goes
I just can't help falling in love with you
Like a river flows
That's the way it goes
(I just can't help falling in love with you)
Wise men say only fools rush in
But I can't help falling in love with you
Shall I say would it be a sin
(Be a sin)
If I can't help falling in love with you
Like a river flows (Ooh)
To the sea (Ooh)
So it goes
Some things are meant to be
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand (take my hand)
Take my whole life too (life too)
For I can't help falling in love with you
Wise men say only fools rush in
But I, I can't, I can't help falling in love (falling in love)
With you (with you)
Like a river flows (Ooh)
To the sea (Ooh)
So it goes
Some things are meant to be
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand (take my hand)
Take my whole life too (life too)
For I can't help falling in love with you
Take my hand (take my hand)
Take my whole life too (life too)
For I can't help falling in love with you
Like a river flows
That's the way it goes
I just can't help fallin' in love with you
(Fallin' in love with you)
Like a river flows (yea yea)
That's the way it goes ('cause I can't)
Fallin' in love with you
Like a river flows (I just can't help myself)
That's the way it goes
I just can't help falling in love with you
Like a river flows
That's the way it goes
(I just can't help falling in love with you)
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Can't Help Falling in Love Lyrics as written by Hugo Peretti Luigi Creatore
Lyrics © Raleigh Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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