"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.
I swear someday, I'll make you mine
You're in my head, you're on my mind
You make me shake, you make me sweat
That pretty sweet-eyed girl, i'll never get
Please just know i'm not like other guys
Makes me weak when i look in your eyes
Sure i've written songs for some one or two
But girl i swear this one's for you
You'll be mine someday
I swear I'll find a way
We'll fly away
Yes we'll fly away
Give me a chance, give me some time
We could be something good, partners in crime
Takes more than one, to be in love
Girl you're the one, i'm dreaming of
Come with me we'll get a place along the shore
You and me i couldn't ask for more
All our problems will just fade away
Girl what more is there to say?
You'll be mine someday
I swear I'll find a way
We'll fly away
Yes we'll fly away
You'll be mine someday
I swear I'll find a way
We'll fly away
Yes we'll fly away
Mmm yea, oo, oh
She loves me, she loves me not
She loves me, she loves me not
She loves me, she loves me not
Whoa
Tell me what to do i'll give it all I got for you
Though we've only known each other for a week or two
Don't waste your breath girl, i've made up my mind
Tell me what to do i'll give it all I got for you
Make you smile when I start to see you're feeling blue
Save your breath girl, I've made up my mind
You'll be mine someday
I swear I'll find a way
We'll fly away
Yes we'll fly away
You'll be mine someday
I swear I'll find a way
We'll fly away
Yes we'll fly away
You'll be mine someday
I swear I'll find a way
We'll fly away
Yes we'll fly away
Fly away (she loves me, she loves me not)
Fly away (she loves me, she loves me not)
Fly away
You're in my head, you're on my mind
You make me shake, you make me sweat
That pretty sweet-eyed girl, i'll never get
Please just know i'm not like other guys
Makes me weak when i look in your eyes
Sure i've written songs for some one or two
But girl i swear this one's for you
You'll be mine someday
I swear I'll find a way
We'll fly away
Yes we'll fly away
Give me a chance, give me some time
We could be something good, partners in crime
Takes more than one, to be in love
Girl you're the one, i'm dreaming of
Come with me we'll get a place along the shore
You and me i couldn't ask for more
All our problems will just fade away
Girl what more is there to say?
You'll be mine someday
I swear I'll find a way
We'll fly away
Yes we'll fly away
You'll be mine someday
I swear I'll find a way
We'll fly away
Yes we'll fly away
Mmm yea, oo, oh
She loves me, she loves me not
She loves me, she loves me not
She loves me, she loves me not
Whoa
Tell me what to do i'll give it all I got for you
Though we've only known each other for a week or two
Don't waste your breath girl, i've made up my mind
Tell me what to do i'll give it all I got for you
Make you smile when I start to see you're feeling blue
Save your breath girl, I've made up my mind
You'll be mine someday
I swear I'll find a way
We'll fly away
Yes we'll fly away
You'll be mine someday
I swear I'll find a way
We'll fly away
Yes we'll fly away
You'll be mine someday
I swear I'll find a way
We'll fly away
Yes we'll fly away
Fly away (she loves me, she loves me not)
Fly away (she loves me, she loves me not)
Fly away
Lyrics submitted by TheOkRival
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