"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.
Después
De pensar, después de ver
A mi dolor andar
Sobre el agua del mar
Tibia claridad
Que vi por mi calle pasar
Sin saber qué hacer
Si sentir o pensar
Solo que aún hoy
Sigo aún, aún hoy
Sigo ata-
Atandome a ti
Aún hoy mi amor te doy
Mi cuerpo con alma
Se esconde del sol
De noche se escapa
Aún hoy, aún hay
¿Qué esconde la noche?
Va a aguardar entre nosotros dos
O sentir o pensar
Se me lleno de luz la noche
Es porque yo vine a dar
Delfines en tu voz
Y sentir sin pensar
Solo que aún hoy
Sigo aún, aún hoy
Sigo amán-
Amándote a ti
Aún hoy (aún hoy), mi amor (mi amor), aún hay (aún hay)
Dos cuerpos con alma
Se esconden del sol (sol)
De noche se escapan
Aún hoy (aún hoy), aún hay (aún hay)
Solo que aún hoy
Sigo aún, aún hoy
Sigo amán-
Amándote a ti (amandote a ti)
Aún hoy (aún hoy), mi amor (mi amor), aún hay (aún hay)
Dos cuerpos con alma
Se esconden del sol (sol)
De noche se escapan
De noche se dan
Los cuerpos las almas
Aún hoy (aún hoy), aún hay (aún hay)
Aún hoy, aún hay
(Mi amor) (ey)
Eh-eh-eh
(Oh, oh)
Aún hoy (aún hoy), aún hay (aún hay)
Eh-eh-y
Los cuerpos las almas
Aún hoy (aún hoy), aún hay (aún hay)
De pensar, después de ver
A mi dolor andar
Sobre el agua del mar
Tibia claridad
Que vi por mi calle pasar
Sin saber qué hacer
Si sentir o pensar
Solo que aún hoy
Sigo aún, aún hoy
Sigo ata-
Atandome a ti
Aún hoy mi amor te doy
Mi cuerpo con alma
Se esconde del sol
De noche se escapa
Aún hoy, aún hay
¿Qué esconde la noche?
Va a aguardar entre nosotros dos
O sentir o pensar
Se me lleno de luz la noche
Es porque yo vine a dar
Delfines en tu voz
Y sentir sin pensar
Solo que aún hoy
Sigo aún, aún hoy
Sigo amán-
Amándote a ti
Aún hoy (aún hoy), mi amor (mi amor), aún hay (aún hay)
Dos cuerpos con alma
Se esconden del sol (sol)
De noche se escapan
Aún hoy (aún hoy), aún hay (aún hay)
Solo que aún hoy
Sigo aún, aún hoy
Sigo amán-
Amándote a ti (amandote a ti)
Aún hoy (aún hoy), mi amor (mi amor), aún hay (aún hay)
Dos cuerpos con alma
Se esconden del sol (sol)
De noche se escapan
De noche se dan
Los cuerpos las almas
Aún hoy (aún hoy), aún hay (aún hay)
Aún hoy, aún hay
(Mi amor) (ey)
Eh-eh-eh
(Oh, oh)
Aún hoy (aún hoy), aún hay (aún hay)
Eh-eh-y
Los cuerpos las almas
Aún hoy (aún hoy), aún hay (aún hay)
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