"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.
Funny how you stop and think
Time goes by and then you think
Nothing is ever like it was
Girl we've got a special thing
All the happiness it brings
Is more than enough
I know it's hard to believe you're still the biggest part of me
All I'm livin for
I still think about you
I still dream about you
I still want you and need you by my side
I'm still mad about you
All I ever wanted was you
You're still the one You're still the one
It's hard to breath when we're apart
You're the sunshine in my heart
I keep you here inside
You've been everything to me
You've been and always will be the apple of my eye
I know it's hard to believe you're still the biggest part of me
All I'm livin for
I still think about you
I still dream about you
I still want you and need you by my side
I'm still mad about you
All I ever wanted was you
You're still the one You're still the on
If you love me look into my eyes and say it too
I've been waiting all my life for someone just like you
Baby.after all we've been through, I'm still in love with you
And I want you to know I do, I do
I still think about you
I still dream about you
I still want you and need you by my side
I'm still mad about you
All I ever wanted was you
You're still the one You're still the on
Time goes by and then you think
Nothing is ever like it was
Girl we've got a special thing
All the happiness it brings
Is more than enough
I know it's hard to believe you're still the biggest part of me
All I'm livin for
I still think about you
I still dream about you
I still want you and need you by my side
I'm still mad about you
All I ever wanted was you
You're still the one You're still the one
It's hard to breath when we're apart
You're the sunshine in my heart
I keep you here inside
You've been everything to me
You've been and always will be the apple of my eye
I know it's hard to believe you're still the biggest part of me
All I'm livin for
I still think about you
I still dream about you
I still want you and need you by my side
I'm still mad about you
All I ever wanted was you
You're still the one You're still the on
If you love me look into my eyes and say it too
I've been waiting all my life for someone just like you
Baby.after all we've been through, I'm still in love with you
And I want you to know I do, I do
I still think about you
I still dream about you
I still want you and need you by my side
I'm still mad about you
All I ever wanted was you
You're still the one You're still the on
Lyrics submitted by Goddess
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i almost cry everytime i hear this song. it really makes me think about the people i've loved in my life, and how much they become a part of you.
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Is it possible to be mad about your best friend? I mean, not sexually or anything physical...but just to be crazy about them?