"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.
Throw on your boots and your jeans
With the worn out seams
And your goin' out shirt
Put some shine on your truck
Get it all cleaned up just to kick it in the dirt
You put it in drive, start comin' alive
You point them high beams lights into Friday night
An you swear this life never burns as bright
As It does now
So soak it all up, let it sink in
Crank it up loud, all the way to ten
Raise your cup to the sky
Tip 'em back to friends and let your party lights shine
On top of the world in the back of a truck
Livin' like the sun ain't comin' back up
Need a buddy tonight, we're gonna do it up right
Gonna do it up right
Like it's the last time
Build you a fire, sing along
To a feel good song
At the top of your lungs
Grab a jar, twist the top
Hold your breath, take a shot
Feel the fire on your tongue
And let it drown your pride and your butterflies
Tell the girl you like what you're feelin' tonight
And pull her in tight, let the sparks ignite
Like the Fourth of July
So soak it all up, let it sink in
Crank it up loud, all the way to ten
Raise your cup to the sky
Tip 'em back to friends and let your party lights shine
On top of the world in the back of a truck
Livin' like the sun ain't comin' back up
Need a buddy tonight, we're gonna do it up right
Gonna do it up right
Like it's the last time
You'll be together like this
Like it's the last time
You're ever gonna taste that kiss
So soak it all up, let it sink in
Crank it up loud, all the way to ten
Raise your cup to the sky
Tip 'em back to friends and let your party lights shine
On top of the world in the back of a truck
Livin' like the sun ain't comin' back up
Need a buddy tonight, we're gonna do it up right
Gonna do it up right
Yeah buddy tonight
We're gonna do it up right
Gonna do it up right,
Whoah, like it's the last time
Yeah like it's the last time
With the worn out seams
And your goin' out shirt
Put some shine on your truck
Get it all cleaned up just to kick it in the dirt
You put it in drive, start comin' alive
You point them high beams lights into Friday night
An you swear this life never burns as bright
As It does now
So soak it all up, let it sink in
Crank it up loud, all the way to ten
Raise your cup to the sky
Tip 'em back to friends and let your party lights shine
On top of the world in the back of a truck
Livin' like the sun ain't comin' back up
Need a buddy tonight, we're gonna do it up right
Gonna do it up right
Like it's the last time
Build you a fire, sing along
To a feel good song
At the top of your lungs
Grab a jar, twist the top
Hold your breath, take a shot
Feel the fire on your tongue
And let it drown your pride and your butterflies
Tell the girl you like what you're feelin' tonight
And pull her in tight, let the sparks ignite
Like the Fourth of July
So soak it all up, let it sink in
Crank it up loud, all the way to ten
Raise your cup to the sky
Tip 'em back to friends and let your party lights shine
On top of the world in the back of a truck
Livin' like the sun ain't comin' back up
Need a buddy tonight, we're gonna do it up right
Gonna do it up right
Like it's the last time
You'll be together like this
Like it's the last time
You're ever gonna taste that kiss
So soak it all up, let it sink in
Crank it up loud, all the way to ten
Raise your cup to the sky
Tip 'em back to friends and let your party lights shine
On top of the world in the back of a truck
Livin' like the sun ain't comin' back up
Need a buddy tonight, we're gonna do it up right
Gonna do it up right
Yeah buddy tonight
We're gonna do it up right
Gonna do it up right,
Whoah, like it's the last time
Yeah like it's the last time
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Like It's the Last Time Lyrics as written by Benjamin Scott Hayslip Rhett Akins
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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