"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 wasn't born in a lap deluxe
I didn't have no silver spoon
We all dream 'bout mega bucks
Like wishing for the moon
They say money just buys you problems
Bigger taxes, jealousy
Big decisions on what to do with it all
That's the kind of problem I mean
I would cross that bridge when I come to it
When I come to it
I wanna get to it
Gonna cross that bridge when I come to it
Maybe just around the bend
Then I'm gonna burn that bridge other side of it
Other side of it
Greener side of it
Gonna burn that bridge other side of it
'cause I'll never wanna go back there
I thought I'd been in love
But it's a feeling I can't trust
'cause nine times out of nine I find
I've been head over heels in lust
Married man say, love's nothing but trouble
Like it's some kind of terminal disease
They say love's strange, love is blind, love hurts
Well, that's the kind of trouble I need
I would cross that bridge when I come to it
When I come to it
I wanna get to it
Gonna cross that bridge when I come to it
Maybe just around the bend
I said never, never, never, never - never
Never come back again - no
Never come back again
They say money can't buy you happiness
And that true love never runs smooth
They talk of the trouble, and the strife they bring
Well I don't care, 'cause here's what I would do
I would cross that bridge when I come to it
When I come to it
I wanna get to it
Gonna cross that bridge when I come to it
Maybe just around the bend
Then I'm gonna burn that bridge other side of it
Other side of it
Greener side of it
Gonna burn that bridge other side of it
'cause I'll never wanna go back there
I said never, never, never, never - never
Never come back again - no
Never come back again
I didn't have no silver spoon
We all dream 'bout mega bucks
Like wishing for the moon
They say money just buys you problems
Bigger taxes, jealousy
Big decisions on what to do with it all
That's the kind of problem I mean
I would cross that bridge when I come to it
When I come to it
I wanna get to it
Gonna cross that bridge when I come to it
Maybe just around the bend
Then I'm gonna burn that bridge other side of it
Other side of it
Greener side of it
Gonna burn that bridge other side of it
'cause I'll never wanna go back there
I thought I'd been in love
But it's a feeling I can't trust
'cause nine times out of nine I find
I've been head over heels in lust
Married man say, love's nothing but trouble
Like it's some kind of terminal disease
They say love's strange, love is blind, love hurts
Well, that's the kind of trouble I need
I would cross that bridge when I come to it
When I come to it
I wanna get to it
Gonna cross that bridge when I come to it
Maybe just around the bend
I said never, never, never, never - never
Never come back again - no
Never come back again
They say money can't buy you happiness
And that true love never runs smooth
They talk of the trouble, and the strife they bring
Well I don't care, 'cause here's what I would do
I would cross that bridge when I come to it
When I come to it
I wanna get to it
Gonna cross that bridge when I come to it
Maybe just around the bend
Then I'm gonna burn that bridge other side of it
Other side of it
Greener side of it
Gonna burn that bridge other side of it
'cause I'll never wanna go back there
I said never, never, never, never - never
Never come back again - no
Never come back again
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Cross That Bridge Lyrics as written by John David
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