"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.
No matter how hard I try
Every day of my life
I just can't change the way I feel
I wanna make you my world
Can I show you girl
That my love is truly real?
All I think about is you
There's nothing else I'd rather do
If you give me just one chance
I'll show you love and romance
And forever we will live
There's no end to the love I can give
I know you're the one for me
Emily
My love grows stronger each day
I love you more than words can say
Can there be a you and me?
Oh I long for your touch
Girl I love you so much
Is this real or fantasy?
All I think about is you
There's nothing else I'd rather do
If you give me just one chance
I'll show you love and romance
And forever we will live
There's no end to the love I can give
I know you're the one for me
Emily
And if things don't work out
We'll know that we weren't meant to be
If we stand the test of time
We'll live together happily
All I think about is you
There's nothing else I'd rather do
If you give me just one chance
I'll show you love and romance
And forever we will live
There's no end to the love I can give
I know you're the one for me
Emily
Every day of my life
I just can't change the way I feel
I wanna make you my world
Can I show you girl
That my love is truly real?
All I think about is you
There's nothing else I'd rather do
If you give me just one chance
I'll show you love and romance
And forever we will live
There's no end to the love I can give
I know you're the one for me
Emily
My love grows stronger each day
I love you more than words can say
Can there be a you and me?
Oh I long for your touch
Girl I love you so much
Is this real or fantasy?
All I think about is you
There's nothing else I'd rather do
If you give me just one chance
I'll show you love and romance
And forever we will live
There's no end to the love I can give
I know you're the one for me
Emily
And if things don't work out
We'll know that we weren't meant to be
If we stand the test of time
We'll live together happily
All I think about is you
There's nothing else I'd rather do
If you give me just one chance
I'll show you love and romance
And forever we will live
There's no end to the love I can give
I know you're the one for me
Emily
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Emily Lyrics as written by Ben Glover Marc Broussard
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Capitol CMG Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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