"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'm not in love
So don't forget it
Its just a silly phase I'm going through
And just because
I call you up
Don't get me wrong
Don't think you got it made
I'm not in love
No no no
Its because
I like to see you
But then again
That doesn't mean
You mean that much to me
So if i call you
Don't make a fuss
Don't go and tell your friends
about the two of us
I'm not in love
Oh no no
It's because
Oh oh oh
You wait a long time for me
Oooo ooo you wait a long time yeah
I keep your picture
Right there on the wall
It hides a nasty stain thats been lying there
So don't you ask me to give it back
I know you know it don't mean on thing to me
I ain't in love
no no no no
It's because
Oh oh oh
You wait a long time for me
oooo ooo you wait a long time yeah
I'm not in love
No I'm not in love
no no no
I ain't in love
no no no no
It's because
Oooooh
You wait a long time for me
Darlin ooo
You wait a long time for me
I ain't in love, I ain't in love no no no
I ain't in love, I ain't in love, I ain't in love
I ain't thinkin bout you baby
I don't miss you like crazy
I ain't in love I ain't in love I ain't in love
Keep waiting, keep waiting.
So don't forget it
Its just a silly phase I'm going through
And just because
I call you up
Don't get me wrong
Don't think you got it made
I'm not in love
No no no
Its because
I like to see you
But then again
That doesn't mean
You mean that much to me
So if i call you
Don't make a fuss
Don't go and tell your friends
about the two of us
I'm not in love
Oh no no
It's because
Oh oh oh
You wait a long time for me
Oooo ooo you wait a long time yeah
I keep your picture
Right there on the wall
It hides a nasty stain thats been lying there
So don't you ask me to give it back
I know you know it don't mean on thing to me
I ain't in love
no no no no
It's because
Oh oh oh
You wait a long time for me
oooo ooo you wait a long time yeah
I'm not in love
No I'm not in love
no no no
I ain't in love
no no no no
It's because
Oooooh
You wait a long time for me
Darlin ooo
You wait a long time for me
I ain't in love, I ain't in love no no no
I ain't in love, I ain't in love, I ain't in love
I ain't thinkin bout you baby
I don't miss you like crazy
I ain't in love I ain't in love I ain't in love
Keep waiting, keep waiting.
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I'm Not in Love Lyrics as written by Graham Keith Gouldman Eric Michael Stewart
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