"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.
They say we couldn't make it
They said it wouldn't last
But look who's talkin' now
We had the last laugh
Yeah, we seen some fire
And we felt some pain
We been through the toughest times
And we'd do it all again
It's you and me against the world
Yeah!
That's how strong our love is
That's how strong our love is
Gonna tell everybody it's true
Yes, I do
That's how strong our love is
That's how strong our love is
Gonna tell everybody 'bout you
Yes, I do
Nobody believed
That we'd last this long
Nobody believed it
But we proved them wrong
And all the trouble and strife
That life sometimes brings
If we can get through this
We can get through anything
It's you and me against the world
Yeah!
That's how strong our love is
That's how strong our love is
Gonna tell everybody it's true
Yes, I do
That's how strong our love is
There's nothing I wouldn't give
To spend my life with you
Yes, it's true
You could be a million miles away
But I know it's gonna be just fine, yeah
Gonna be just fine
It's gonna be just fine
I think about you night and day
But there's nothing gonna change my mind
Nothing's gonna change my mind
And nothing's gonna change my mind
That's how strong our love is
That's how strong our love is
Gonna tell everybody it's true
Yes, I do
That's how strong our love is (that's how strong)
That's how strong our love is
Gonna tell everybody 'bout you
Yes, I do
That's how strong our love is
That's how strong our love is, yeah
Gonna tell everybody 'bout you
Tell everybody 'bout you
They said it wouldn't last
But look who's talkin' now
We had the last laugh
Yeah, we seen some fire
And we felt some pain
We been through the toughest times
And we'd do it all again
It's you and me against the world
Yeah!
That's how strong our love is
That's how strong our love is
Gonna tell everybody it's true
Yes, I do
That's how strong our love is
That's how strong our love is
Gonna tell everybody 'bout you
Yes, I do
Nobody believed
That we'd last this long
Nobody believed it
But we proved them wrong
And all the trouble and strife
That life sometimes brings
If we can get through this
We can get through anything
It's you and me against the world
Yeah!
That's how strong our love is
That's how strong our love is
Gonna tell everybody it's true
Yes, I do
That's how strong our love is
There's nothing I wouldn't give
To spend my life with you
Yes, it's true
You could be a million miles away
But I know it's gonna be just fine, yeah
Gonna be just fine
It's gonna be just fine
I think about you night and day
But there's nothing gonna change my mind
Nothing's gonna change my mind
And nothing's gonna change my mind
That's how strong our love is
That's how strong our love is
Gonna tell everybody it's true
Yes, I do
That's how strong our love is (that's how strong)
That's how strong our love is
Gonna tell everybody 'bout you
Yes, I do
That's how strong our love is
That's how strong our love is, yeah
Gonna tell everybody 'bout you
Tell everybody 'bout you
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
That's How Strong Our Love Is Lyrics as written by Jim Vallance Bryan Adams
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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