"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.
She said to me
Boy, I confess
You are the best
I’ve ever had
I've ever had
I've ever had
I've ever had
Let’s turn this music up
I hate this song, I need this part
We’ll dance until we fall in love
I never want to stop, oh baby
You're so cool
You're so cool
You're so cool
You’re so cool
You’re so cool
She said to me
Boy lets address
This trouble mess
That is your mind
If you don’t mind,
Then I don’t mind
I’d like to get inside your head
And this a tragedy
It’s honestly the death of me,
The death of me
The death of me
It’s honestly,
Oh baby, baby
You're so cool
You're so cool
You're so cool
You’re so cool
You’re so cool
And now you got me
Right where you want me
We’ll dance until we fall in love
Because you’re sexy
Ooh
You’re so cool
You’re so cool
You’re so cool
You’re so
And it goes like…
You’re so
And it goes
And it goes like…
This
Guitar
She said to me
Boy, I confess
You are the best
I've ever had
You've ever had,
I've ever had
I've ever had
Let’s turn this music up
I hate this song, I need this love
We’ll dance until we fall in love
I never want to stop, oh baby
You're so cool
You're so cool
You're so cool
You’re so
You’re so cool
You’re so cool
You’re so cool
You're so
Boy, I confess
You are the best
I’ve ever had
I've ever had
I've ever had
I've ever had
Let’s turn this music up
I hate this song, I need this part
We’ll dance until we fall in love
I never want to stop, oh baby
You're so cool
You're so cool
You're so cool
You’re so cool
You’re so cool
She said to me
Boy lets address
This trouble mess
That is your mind
If you don’t mind,
Then I don’t mind
I’d like to get inside your head
And this a tragedy
It’s honestly the death of me,
The death of me
The death of me
It’s honestly,
Oh baby, baby
You're so cool
You're so cool
You're so cool
You’re so cool
You’re so cool
And now you got me
Right where you want me
We’ll dance until we fall in love
Because you’re sexy
Ooh
You’re so cool
You’re so cool
You’re so cool
You’re so
And it goes like…
You’re so
And it goes
And it goes like…
This
Guitar
She said to me
Boy, I confess
You are the best
I've ever had
You've ever had,
I've ever had
I've ever had
Let’s turn this music up
I hate this song, I need this love
We’ll dance until we fall in love
I never want to stop, oh baby
You're so cool
You're so cool
You're so cool
You’re so
You’re so cool
You’re so cool
You’re so cool
You're so
Lyrics submitted by rhysroxx1
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