"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.
Driving in my beat up car
Too broke to go very far
Some days I just wanna feel ya
Other days I wanna kill ya
Higher than no other love
Safer than no other drug
If you wanna tell me something
Call me, call me, call me, call me
It all takes time
You don't take time
Everything takes time
It takes time to learn
Yeah, yeah yeah
Call me up again
Yeah, yeah yeah
Call me up again
Thinking on the things I lost
Wrote it down but I still forgot
All the shit I swore I’d remember
Everyone’s getting back together
And I wish I could but I just left town
I'll hit you up when I’m back around
You bring me higher than no other love
Safer than no other drug
If you wanna tell me something
Call me, call me, call me, call me
It all takes time
You don't take time
Everything takes time
It takes time to learn
Well, hello my lonely roller coaster
I’m comin' up so please scoot over
Call my sister, call my mom
Call my girlfriend, call the cops
Shut off the world I can't let go
All the shit I think I know
When I am right but I am wrong
You have loved me all along
When I am right but I am wrong
You have loved me all along
Driving in my beat up car
Too broke to go very far
Some days I just wanna feel ya
Other days I wanna kill ya
Higher than no other love
Safer than no other drug
If you wanna tell me something
Call me, call me, call me, call me
Too broke to go very far
Some days I just wanna feel ya
Other days I wanna kill ya
Higher than no other love
Safer than no other drug
If you wanna tell me something
Call me, call me, call me, call me
It all takes time
You don't take time
Everything takes time
It takes time to learn
Yeah, yeah yeah
Call me up again
Yeah, yeah yeah
Call me up again
Thinking on the things I lost
Wrote it down but I still forgot
All the shit I swore I’d remember
Everyone’s getting back together
And I wish I could but I just left town
I'll hit you up when I’m back around
You bring me higher than no other love
Safer than no other drug
If you wanna tell me something
Call me, call me, call me, call me
It all takes time
You don't take time
Everything takes time
It takes time to learn
Well, hello my lonely roller coaster
I’m comin' up so please scoot over
Call my sister, call my mom
Call my girlfriend, call the cops
Shut off the world I can't let go
All the shit I think I know
When I am right but I am wrong
You have loved me all along
When I am right but I am wrong
You have loved me all along
Driving in my beat up car
Too broke to go very far
Some days I just wanna feel ya
Other days I wanna kill ya
Higher than no other love
Safer than no other drug
If you wanna tell me something
Call me, call me, call me, call me
Lyrics submitted by jefe82
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