"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.
[Verse 1]
She came to me when
My own heart was in much need of hers
Sometimes we'll try and reach
For things we know we each want and don't deserve
I felt I was wrong it seemed she belonged to someone else
She heard my words and trust
But in her arms I just could not help myself
[Chorus]
It showed she was blue
She talked about you the whole night through
I don't think you'll ever know
How sincerely she is so much in love with you
[Verse 2]
When she came to me
It was so hard to see
How she loved you so
I wonder if you know
Someone should tell you so
Because she'll never will
[Verse 3]
A few times that she
Had turned towards me
She was so blue
And hungry just to hear
The words of love as clear
Come to her from you
[Verse 4]
When I gave up on her
As much as we were both lonely and blue
She still love you so
I thought you out to know
She still loves you
She came to me when
My own heart was in much need of hers
Sometimes we'll try and reach
For things we know we each want and don't deserve
I felt I was wrong it seemed she belonged to someone else
She heard my words and trust
But in her arms I just could not help myself
[Chorus]
It showed she was blue
She talked about you the whole night through
I don't think you'll ever know
How sincerely she is so much in love with you
[Verse 2]
When she came to me
It was so hard to see
How she loved you so
I wonder if you know
Someone should tell you so
Because she'll never will
[Verse 3]
A few times that she
Had turned towards me
She was so blue
And hungry just to hear
The words of love as clear
Come to her from you
[Verse 4]
When I gave up on her
As much as we were both lonely and blue
She still love you so
I thought you out to know
She still loves you
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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