"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.
Sono nata dove la pioggia porta ancora il profumo dell'ebano
Una terra là dove il cemento ancora non strangola il sole
Tutti dicevano che ero bella come la notte africana
E nei miei occhi splendeva la luna, mi chiamavano la perla Nera...
A 16 anni mi hanno venduta, un bacio a mia madre e non mi sono voltata
Nella città con le sue mille luci per un attimo mi sono smarrita...
Così laggiù ho ben presto imparato che i miei sogni erano solo illusioni
E se volevo cercare fortuna dovevo lasciare ogni cosa
Ebano
Jack O's bar, Parade hotel, for me une
Ebano...
Spesi tutto quello che avevo per il viaggio e i miei documenti
A Palermo nel '94 eravamo più di cento giù al porto...
Raccoglievo le arance e il limoni in un grande campo in collina
Lavoravo fino a notte inoltratata per due soldi e una stanza nascosta
Ebano...
It's a long long night
It's a long long time
It's a long long road
Ebano...
Poi un giorno sono scappata verso Bologna con poca speranza
Da un'amica mi sono fermata, in cerca di nuova fortuna
Ora porto stivali coi tacchi e la pelliccia leopardata
E tutti sanno che la Perla Nera rende felici con poco...
Ebano
Jack O's bar, Parade hotel, for me une
Ebano...
It's a long long night
It's a long long time
It's a long long road
Ebano...
Perciò, se passate a Bologna, ricordate qual è la mia storia
Lungo i viali verso la sera, ai miei sogni non chiedo più nulla
Ebano...
Una terra là dove il cemento ancora non strangola il sole
Tutti dicevano che ero bella come la notte africana
E nei miei occhi splendeva la luna, mi chiamavano la perla Nera...
A 16 anni mi hanno venduta, un bacio a mia madre e non mi sono voltata
Nella città con le sue mille luci per un attimo mi sono smarrita...
Così laggiù ho ben presto imparato che i miei sogni erano solo illusioni
E se volevo cercare fortuna dovevo lasciare ogni cosa
Ebano
Jack O's bar, Parade hotel, for me une
Ebano...
Spesi tutto quello che avevo per il viaggio e i miei documenti
A Palermo nel '94 eravamo più di cento giù al porto...
Raccoglievo le arance e il limoni in un grande campo in collina
Lavoravo fino a notte inoltratata per due soldi e una stanza nascosta
Ebano...
It's a long long night
It's a long long time
It's a long long road
Ebano...
Poi un giorno sono scappata verso Bologna con poca speranza
Da un'amica mi sono fermata, in cerca di nuova fortuna
Ora porto stivali coi tacchi e la pelliccia leopardata
E tutti sanno che la Perla Nera rende felici con poco...
Ebano
Jack O's bar, Parade hotel, for me une
Ebano...
It's a long long night
It's a long long time
It's a long long road
Ebano...
Perciò, se passate a Bologna, ricordate qual è la mia storia
Lungo i viali verso la sera, ai miei sogni non chiedo più nulla
Ebano...
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Ebano Lyrics as written by Francesco Moneti Arcangelo Cavazzuti
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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