"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.
The snow crunches underfoot
As I walk up to your door
And I realize this face of mine's been ravaged for the longest time
You might not recognize me anymore
But, darlin', it's your daddy
Please forgive me for what I've done
I know you despise the tears that lines the fear that holds them in inside
I'm sorry, I was wrong
Just give me one last Christmas
I'll make it up to you
Sadness is a friend of mine
I've let you down a million times
Give me one last Christmas with you
I know I don't deserve it
If I was you, I'd slam the door
We paid the cost for the things we lost, I blew up all the lines I crossed
'Cause I don't come 'round here anymore
Give me one last Christmas
I'll make it up to you
Sadness is a friend of mine
I've let you down a million times
Give me one last Christmas with you
Darlin', I know I hurt you bad
And I don't deserve your kindness or fuse
I left your mother to be a father too
And I realize I lost my life when I walked out on you
Give me one last Christmas
I'll make it up to you
Sadness is a friend of mine
I've let you down a million times
Give me one last Christmas with you
Just give me one last Christmas
I'll make it up to you
Sadness is a friend of mine
I've let you down a million times
Give me one last Christmas with you
As I walk up to your door
And I realize this face of mine's been ravaged for the longest time
You might not recognize me anymore
But, darlin', it's your daddy
Please forgive me for what I've done
I know you despise the tears that lines the fear that holds them in inside
I'm sorry, I was wrong
Just give me one last Christmas
I'll make it up to you
Sadness is a friend of mine
I've let you down a million times
Give me one last Christmas with you
I know I don't deserve it
If I was you, I'd slam the door
We paid the cost for the things we lost, I blew up all the lines I crossed
'Cause I don't come 'round here anymore
Give me one last Christmas
I'll make it up to you
Sadness is a friend of mine
I've let you down a million times
Give me one last Christmas with you
Darlin', I know I hurt you bad
And I don't deserve your kindness or fuse
I left your mother to be a father too
And I realize I lost my life when I walked out on you
Give me one last Christmas
I'll make it up to you
Sadness is a friend of mine
I've let you down a million times
Give me one last Christmas with you
Just give me one last Christmas
I'll make it up to you
Sadness is a friend of mine
I've let you down a million times
Give me one last Christmas with you
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
One Last Christmas Lyrics as written by Konrad Olsen Flynn Francis
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Peermusic Publishing
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