"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.
A ella es siempre esta dipuesta estar conmigo
que no me niega nada sin motivo
que no le importa donde y como vivo
para ella no solo soy su amante soy su amigo
A ella que no espera de mi una joya en oro
solo le va estar que la adoro
y sufre tensamente cuando lloro
es ella en media fortalesa es un tesoro
A ella que no a ido conmigo al altar sin anillos ni flores de asar
solo le va estar un corazon para amor
a ella que no ido conmigo al altar sin anillos ni flores de asar
tiene dulcura un amar de amor para dar
A ella que no me excita nada solo un beso
a cambio de su amor con velaso no le firme un papel y le profeso
amor que llena todo el universo
a ella tan clara con la luz de la mañana
desea que el mundo sepa que me ama
se aun no le llamado llama e llama
es tierna cariñosa en una dama
A ella que no a ido conmigo al altar sin anillos ni flores de asar
solo le va estar un corazon para amar
A ella que no a ido conmigo al altar sin anillos ni flores de asar
tiene dulcura un amor para dar
A Ella que no ido conmigo al altar...
que no me niega nada sin motivo
que no le importa donde y como vivo
para ella no solo soy su amante soy su amigo
A ella que no espera de mi una joya en oro
solo le va estar que la adoro
y sufre tensamente cuando lloro
es ella en media fortalesa es un tesoro
A ella que no a ido conmigo al altar sin anillos ni flores de asar
solo le va estar un corazon para amor
a ella que no ido conmigo al altar sin anillos ni flores de asar
tiene dulcura un amar de amor para dar
A ella que no me excita nada solo un beso
a cambio de su amor con velaso no le firme un papel y le profeso
amor que llena todo el universo
a ella tan clara con la luz de la mañana
desea que el mundo sepa que me ama
se aun no le llamado llama e llama
es tierna cariñosa en una dama
A ella que no a ido conmigo al altar sin anillos ni flores de asar
solo le va estar un corazon para amar
A ella que no a ido conmigo al altar sin anillos ni flores de asar
tiene dulcura un amor para dar
A Ella que no ido conmigo al altar...
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