"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.
Hold on
W-where you going?
I can't get enough of you
You're part of me
Like a tattoo
It's been a few days but it feels like forever
I'll chase you down in any kind of weather
I want you round
Need you around
You got me feeling like a stalker
24/7 I will call ya
La-la-la-look what you done to me
La-la-la-look what you done to me
You got me feeling like a stalker
24/7 I will call ya
La-la-la-look what you done to me
La-la-la-look what you done to me
I'll follow you into the night night night
I'll never let you out of my sight sight sight
I'll follow you follow you follow you
'Cause I'm a stalker
You're my prerogative
You're the reason why
Our love still lives
It's been a few minutes but I'm slowly going crazy
I need to have you with me
Don't give me no maybe
Want you around
Need you around
You got me feeling like a stalker
24/7 I will call ya
La-la-la-look what you done to me
La-la-la-look what you done to me
You got me feeling like a stalker
24/7 I will call ya
La-la-la-look what you done to me
La-la-la-look what you done to me
I'll follow you into the night night night
I'll never let you out of my sight sight sight
I'll follow you follow you follow you
'Cause I'm a stalker
Deeper and deeper
I go deeper and deeper
I'm in trouble
I'm trouble
Deeper and deeper
I go deeper and deeper
I'm in trouble
I'm trouble
You'd better watch out
'Cause I will get ya
I'm a stalker
I'm a stalker
Yeah I'm a stalker
24/7 I will call ya
La-la-la-look what you done to me
La-la-la-look what you done to me
You got me feeling like a stalker
24/7 I will call ya
La-la-la-look what you done to me
La-la-la-look what you done to me
I'll follow you into the night night night
I'll never let you out of my sight sight sight
I'll follow you follow you follow you
'Cause I'm a stalker
There you are
Hello
W-where you going?
I can't get enough of you
You're part of me
Like a tattoo
It's been a few days but it feels like forever
I'll chase you down in any kind of weather
I want you round
Need you around
You got me feeling like a stalker
24/7 I will call ya
La-la-la-look what you done to me
La-la-la-look what you done to me
You got me feeling like a stalker
24/7 I will call ya
La-la-la-look what you done to me
La-la-la-look what you done to me
I'll follow you into the night night night
I'll never let you out of my sight sight sight
I'll follow you follow you follow you
'Cause I'm a stalker
You're my prerogative
You're the reason why
Our love still lives
It's been a few minutes but I'm slowly going crazy
I need to have you with me
Don't give me no maybe
Want you around
Need you around
You got me feeling like a stalker
24/7 I will call ya
La-la-la-look what you done to me
La-la-la-look what you done to me
You got me feeling like a stalker
24/7 I will call ya
La-la-la-look what you done to me
La-la-la-look what you done to me
I'll follow you into the night night night
I'll never let you out of my sight sight sight
I'll follow you follow you follow you
'Cause I'm a stalker
Deeper and deeper
I go deeper and deeper
I'm in trouble
I'm trouble
Deeper and deeper
I go deeper and deeper
I'm in trouble
I'm trouble
You'd better watch out
'Cause I will get ya
I'm a stalker
I'm a stalker
Yeah I'm a stalker
24/7 I will call ya
La-la-la-look what you done to me
La-la-la-look what you done to me
You got me feeling like a stalker
24/7 I will call ya
La-la-la-look what you done to me
La-la-la-look what you done to me
I'll follow you into the night night night
I'll never let you out of my sight sight sight
I'll follow you follow you follow you
'Cause I'm a stalker
There you are
Hello
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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