"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]
Death is nothing that I won't overcome with life
One day at a time
Days are nothing that I won't overcome tonight
So turn out the lights forever
[Pre-Chorus]
You are my favorite flame
You always burn away my pain
In the middle of the night, every night
In the middle of the night
[Chorus]
I'm burning for you
But it's something that I can't put my fingers on
So I toss and turn
A feeling in my body that lingers on
I got to let it burn
[Post-Chorus]
In the middle of the night (Got to let it burn)
In the middle of the night (I've got to let it burn)
In the middle of the night (Got to let it burn)
In the middle of the night (I've got to let it burn, babe)
[Verse 2]
Your past is nothing that you can't overcome with time
So burn it with me
Time is nothing, I've got what I want all the time
So burn and be free wherever
[Pre-Chorus]
You are my favorite flame
You always burn away the pain
In the middle of the night, every night
In the middle of the night
[Chorus]
I'm burning for you
But it's something that I can't put my fingers on
So I toss and turn
A feeling in my body that lingers on
I got to let it burn
[Post-Chorus]
In the middle of the night (Got to let it burn)
In the middle of the night (I've got to let it burn)
In the middle of the night (I've got to let it burn)
In the middle of the night (I've got to let it burn, babe)
[Bridge]
You're something that I can't put my fingers on
So I toss and turn
A feeling in my body that lingers on
I got to let it burn
[Chorus]
In the middle of the night (I've got to let it burn)
In the middle of the night (I've got to let it burn)
In the middle of the night (I've got to let it burn)
In the middle of the night (I've got to let it burn, baby)
In the middle of the night (I've got to let it burn)
In the middle of the night
In the middle of the night
In the middle of the night (Yeah, yeah)
[Outro]
I want somebody who burns like you do
I want somebody who burns like you do
I want somebody who burns like you do
I want somebody who burns like you
Death is nothing that I won't overcome with life
One day at a time
Days are nothing that I won't overcome tonight
So turn out the lights forever
[Pre-Chorus]
You are my favorite flame
You always burn away my pain
In the middle of the night, every night
In the middle of the night
[Chorus]
I'm burning for you
But it's something that I can't put my fingers on
So I toss and turn
A feeling in my body that lingers on
I got to let it burn
[Post-Chorus]
In the middle of the night (Got to let it burn)
In the middle of the night (I've got to let it burn)
In the middle of the night (Got to let it burn)
In the middle of the night (I've got to let it burn, babe)
[Verse 2]
Your past is nothing that you can't overcome with time
So burn it with me
Time is nothing, I've got what I want all the time
So burn and be free wherever
[Pre-Chorus]
You are my favorite flame
You always burn away the pain
In the middle of the night, every night
In the middle of the night
[Chorus]
I'm burning for you
But it's something that I can't put my fingers on
So I toss and turn
A feeling in my body that lingers on
I got to let it burn
[Post-Chorus]
In the middle of the night (Got to let it burn)
In the middle of the night (I've got to let it burn)
In the middle of the night (I've got to let it burn)
In the middle of the night (I've got to let it burn, babe)
[Bridge]
You're something that I can't put my fingers on
So I toss and turn
A feeling in my body that lingers on
I got to let it burn
[Chorus]
In the middle of the night (I've got to let it burn)
In the middle of the night (I've got to let it burn)
In the middle of the night (I've got to let it burn)
In the middle of the night (I've got to let it burn, baby)
In the middle of the night (I've got to let it burn)
In the middle of the night
In the middle of the night
In the middle of the night (Yeah, yeah)
[Outro]
I want somebody who burns like you do
I want somebody who burns like you do
I want somebody who burns like you do
I want somebody who burns like you
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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