"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.
If only the rules were built
Upon philosophy that I embraced
I'd hug your neck and kiss your face,
But it's very obvious
That your ideals are not for me.
You'll tell me what to do
But you will see that I do as I please.
'Cause I want to
Do it my way,
And I want to fly,
I want to
Do it my way,
'Cause I want to fly.
The problem with rules is
They alienate the criminals when whose to say
If what they did was wrong that day.
If you'd open your mind up
You'd see that there is nothing that's always wrong.
No matter what you say,
It's just not true that there's only one way.
'Cause I want to
Do it my way,
'Cause I want to fly,
I want to
Do it my way,
And I want to fly.
I hope we have ourselves an understanding.
I hope we have ourselves an understanding.
I hope we have ourselves an understanding.
Upon philosophy that I embraced
I'd hug your neck and kiss your face,
But it's very obvious
That your ideals are not for me.
You'll tell me what to do
But you will see that I do as I please.
'Cause I want to
Do it my way,
And I want to fly,
I want to
Do it my way,
'Cause I want to fly.
The problem with rules is
They alienate the criminals when whose to say
If what they did was wrong that day.
If you'd open your mind up
You'd see that there is nothing that's always wrong.
No matter what you say,
It's just not true that there's only one way.
'Cause I want to
Do it my way,
'Cause I want to fly,
I want to
Do it my way,
And I want to fly.
I hope we have ourselves an understanding.
I hope we have ourselves an understanding.
I hope we have ourselves an understanding.
Lyrics submitted by ScreamingInfidelity
Nothing Lyrics as written by Ryan Leslie
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