"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.
You've never cheated, you've never lied
You've never had feelin's that you've had to hide
For she's got you thinkin' of somethin' so different tonight
It's too late to worry what's right or what's wrong
And you're a little too crazy to leave it alone
When you're lookin' at somethin'
That's too good to push it aside
Boy, she's got your head in the clouds
And your heart in a bind
So how come you're feelin' so proud
When your love's on the line?
You still think your first love's the best in your life
When you know you should hurry, but you can't say goodbye
And you know you can't go back
And feel like you're where you belong
Now the sweet taste of freedom is hard to control
When the touch of a woman's so tender to hold
She won't even let you remember how long you've been gone
Boy, you've got your head in the clouds
And your heart in a bind
So how come you're feelin' so proud
When your love's on the line?
Yeah, you've got your head in the clouds
And your heart in a bind
So how come you're feelin' so proud
When your love's on the line?
You've never had feelin's that you've had to hide
For she's got you thinkin' of somethin' so different tonight
It's too late to worry what's right or what's wrong
And you're a little too crazy to leave it alone
When you're lookin' at somethin'
That's too good to push it aside
Boy, she's got your head in the clouds
And your heart in a bind
So how come you're feelin' so proud
When your love's on the line?
You still think your first love's the best in your life
When you know you should hurry, but you can't say goodbye
And you know you can't go back
And feel like you're where you belong
Now the sweet taste of freedom is hard to control
When the touch of a woman's so tender to hold
She won't even let you remember how long you've been gone
Boy, you've got your head in the clouds
And your heart in a bind
So how come you're feelin' so proud
When your love's on the line?
Yeah, you've got your head in the clouds
And your heart in a bind
So how come you're feelin' so proud
When your love's on the line?
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Your Love's On The Line Lyrics as written by Randy Scruggs Earl Thomas Conley
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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