"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.
When someone comes into your life
Take a chance, my love
Forget all the pain that's inside
Open up your heart
You'll forget as she's touching
Your face that I once held you
In my embrace
It might even feel right when you
Kiss her goodnight and not me
If someone should hold down her hand
Make her yours, my love
Don't know how long it may last,
Oh, how fast love goes
You'll forget me one day, don't you know
But your memories I'll never let go
I will love you the same as I did that
First day I found you
When someone comes into your life
Never close the door
What you're looking for
Might be in your arms at last
Don't run away
When someone comes into your life
Hold fast
When someone looks into your eyes
Don't refuse their love
You can't live the rest of your life
With a broken heart
You'll forget me one day, don't you know
But your memories I'll never let go
And when love comes to stay
I hope she loves you the way
I love you
When someone comes into your life
Never close the door
What you're looking for
Might be in your arms at last
Don't run away
When someone comes into your life
If someone comes into your life
When someone comes into your life
Hold fast, hold fast
Take a chance, my love
Forget all the pain that's inside
Open up your heart
You'll forget as she's touching
Your face that I once held you
In my embrace
It might even feel right when you
Kiss her goodnight and not me
If someone should hold down her hand
Make her yours, my love
Don't know how long it may last,
Oh, how fast love goes
You'll forget me one day, don't you know
But your memories I'll never let go
I will love you the same as I did that
First day I found you
When someone comes into your life
Never close the door
What you're looking for
Might be in your arms at last
Don't run away
When someone comes into your life
Hold fast
When someone looks into your eyes
Don't refuse their love
You can't live the rest of your life
With a broken heart
You'll forget me one day, don't you know
But your memories I'll never let go
And when love comes to stay
I hope she loves you the way
I love you
When someone comes into your life
Never close the door
What you're looking for
Might be in your arms at last
Don't run away
When someone comes into your life
If someone comes into your life
When someone comes into your life
Hold fast, hold fast
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
When Someone Comes Into Your Life Lyrics as written by Gloria M. Estefan Emilio Jr. Estefan
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Foreign Imported Productions & Publishing
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