"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.
You shouldn't believe a word of what I say just to begin with..
You shouldn't let someone like me rule your life like a show-biz..
'Cause I'm strong when you're weak, so I lie when I speak,
And I cheat and I treat you like shit,
"Hey", you shouldn't let anyone else run the rest o' time for ya,
You shouldn't believe me when I say I adore ya..
Its just that I tried, tried, tried, tried, tried, now I hate you so much,
It's all makin' me sick, so i
Lie
In your face
'Cause you drive
Me insane!
With everything you ever did, you made me lie to you,
So every word I'll ever speak, you'll never like the truth!
Now everything I ever want, is not to lie to you,
But its the way you make me feel, that makes me lie to you!
You shouldn't (even) begin to think that in part you might own me
You shouldn't let someone like me change your life, you don't know me,
'Cause my mind might be vicious, so cold and ambitious, I feed of your trust,
Doesn't that make you suspicious?!
I'm not what you want me to live up to and I'm not gonna give up what I know that I
Must do! but that I tried, tried, tried, tried, tried, now I miss you so much,
It's all makin' me blind, so i
Lie
In your face
'Cause you drive
Me insane!
With everything you ever did, you made me lie to you,
So every word I'll ever speak, you'll never like the truth!
Now everything I ever want, is not to lie to you,
But its the way you make me feel, that makes me lie to you!
You're all that I care to exist for (and) only through you I could ever get this far
But although that I tried, tried, tried, tried, tried, "I'm still fuckin' you up all
The time!
Don't you know that I"
Lie
In your face
'Cause you drive
Me insane!
With everything you ever did, you made me lie to you,
So every word I'll ever speak, you'll never like the truth!
Now everything I ever want, is not to lie to you,
But its the way you make me feel, that makes me lie to you!
You shouldn't let someone like me rule your life like a show-biz..
'Cause I'm strong when you're weak, so I lie when I speak,
And I cheat and I treat you like shit,
"Hey", you shouldn't let anyone else run the rest o' time for ya,
You shouldn't believe me when I say I adore ya..
Its just that I tried, tried, tried, tried, tried, now I hate you so much,
It's all makin' me sick, so i
Lie
In your face
'Cause you drive
Me insane!
With everything you ever did, you made me lie to you,
So every word I'll ever speak, you'll never like the truth!
Now everything I ever want, is not to lie to you,
But its the way you make me feel, that makes me lie to you!
You shouldn't (even) begin to think that in part you might own me
You shouldn't let someone like me change your life, you don't know me,
'Cause my mind might be vicious, so cold and ambitious, I feed of your trust,
Doesn't that make you suspicious?!
I'm not what you want me to live up to and I'm not gonna give up what I know that I
Must do! but that I tried, tried, tried, tried, tried, now I miss you so much,
It's all makin' me blind, so i
Lie
In your face
'Cause you drive
Me insane!
With everything you ever did, you made me lie to you,
So every word I'll ever speak, you'll never like the truth!
Now everything I ever want, is not to lie to you,
But its the way you make me feel, that makes me lie to you!
You're all that I care to exist for (and) only through you I could ever get this far
But although that I tried, tried, tried, tried, tried, "I'm still fuckin' you up all
The time!
Don't you know that I"
Lie
In your face
'Cause you drive
Me insane!
With everything you ever did, you made me lie to you,
So every word I'll ever speak, you'll never like the truth!
Now everything I ever want, is not to lie to you,
But its the way you make me feel, that makes me lie to you!
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death
Lie to You Lyrics as written by Claus Grabke Axel Pralat
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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