"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.
Dancing in the dark, middle of the night,
taking your heart, holding it tight.
Emotional touch, oh, touching my skin,
asking you to do what you've been doing all over again.
Oh, it's a beautiful thing, don't think, I can keep it all in.
I've just gotta let you know
what it is that won't let me go.
It's your love, just does something to me,
sends a shock right through me,
can't get enough.
So, if you wonder 'bout the spell I'm under,
it's your love.
Better than I was, more than I am.
All of that happened by taking your hand.
Who I am now is who I've wanted to be.
Now that we're toghether, stroger than ever, happy and free.
Oh, it's a beautiful thing, don't think, I can keep it all in.
If you ask me why I'll change,
all I gotta do is say your sweet name.
It's your love, just does something to me,
sends a shock right through me,
can't get enough.
So if you wonder 'bout the spell I'm under,
it's your love.
Oh, it's a beautiful thing, don't think I can keep it all in.
I've just gotta let you know
what it is that won't let me go.
It's your love, just does something to me,
sends a shock right through me,
can't get enough.
So, if you wonder 'bout the spell I'm under,
it's your love.
It's your love, just does something to me,
sends a shock right through me,
can't get enough.
So, if you wonder 'bout the spell I'm under,
it's your love.
It's your love.
taking your heart, holding it tight.
Emotional touch, oh, touching my skin,
asking you to do what you've been doing all over again.
Oh, it's a beautiful thing, don't think, I can keep it all in.
I've just gotta let you know
what it is that won't let me go.
It's your love, just does something to me,
sends a shock right through me,
can't get enough.
So, if you wonder 'bout the spell I'm under,
it's your love.
Better than I was, more than I am.
All of that happened by taking your hand.
Who I am now is who I've wanted to be.
Now that we're toghether, stroger than ever, happy and free.
Oh, it's a beautiful thing, don't think, I can keep it all in.
If you ask me why I'll change,
all I gotta do is say your sweet name.
It's your love, just does something to me,
sends a shock right through me,
can't get enough.
So if you wonder 'bout the spell I'm under,
it's your love.
Oh, it's a beautiful thing, don't think I can keep it all in.
I've just gotta let you know
what it is that won't let me go.
It's your love, just does something to me,
sends a shock right through me,
can't get enough.
So, if you wonder 'bout the spell I'm under,
it's your love.
It's your love, just does something to me,
sends a shock right through me,
can't get enough.
So, if you wonder 'bout the spell I'm under,
it's your love.
It's your love.
Lyrics submitted by dukes_babe
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