"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.
Tell the truth, woman, just this time
I know you can do it
Your baby's eyes look just like mine
We can both see through it
Tell the truth, woman, just this time
I didn't know how much you
Would take from me
When you teach this little girl to walk
Her laughter will be mine
There's a price to pay
For a safe place to hide
Tell me are you warm inside
Tell the truth, woman, just this time
It seems that things could've been different
But I can't change it
So alright Caroline
I won't take nothing from you
And alright Caroline
I won't even tell the truth
And I'm right
Like a big black cloud coming down
It feels like I blew it
I never said you were messing around
But we could both see through it
Tell the truth, woman, just this time
For both of us
Both of us
Both of us
So alright Caroline
I won't take nothing from you
And alright Caroline
I won't even tell the truth
And I'm right
Time moves faster today
But Let's not speak of this
Some things you cannot mend, yeah
And I'm watching her sleep
She's beautiful
And you tell me that I won't be seeing you again
You didn't even ask me
If it was alright
If it was alright
If it was alright
If it was alright
I never claimed to understand you
But I feel you
I feel you
I never claimed to understand you
But I feel you
I feel you
It's gonna take a long time
To grow young again, yeah, I know
It's gonna take a long time
To grow young again, I know
It's gonna take a long time
(Alright Caroline)
To grow young again, I know
(Alright Caroline)
It's gonna take a long time
(Alright Caroline)
To grow young again, I know
(Alright Caroline)
I know you can do it
Your baby's eyes look just like mine
We can both see through it
Tell the truth, woman, just this time
I didn't know how much you
Would take from me
When you teach this little girl to walk
Her laughter will be mine
There's a price to pay
For a safe place to hide
Tell me are you warm inside
Tell the truth, woman, just this time
It seems that things could've been different
But I can't change it
So alright Caroline
I won't take nothing from you
And alright Caroline
I won't even tell the truth
And I'm right
Like a big black cloud coming down
It feels like I blew it
I never said you were messing around
But we could both see through it
Tell the truth, woman, just this time
For both of us
Both of us
Both of us
So alright Caroline
I won't take nothing from you
And alright Caroline
I won't even tell the truth
And I'm right
Time moves faster today
But Let's not speak of this
Some things you cannot mend, yeah
And I'm watching her sleep
She's beautiful
And you tell me that I won't be seeing you again
You didn't even ask me
If it was alright
If it was alright
If it was alright
If it was alright
I never claimed to understand you
But I feel you
I feel you
I never claimed to understand you
But I feel you
I feel you
It's gonna take a long time
To grow young again, yeah, I know
It's gonna take a long time
To grow young again, I know
It's gonna take a long time
(Alright Caroline)
To grow young again, I know
(Alright Caroline)
It's gonna take a long time
(Alright Caroline)
To grow young again, I know
(Alright Caroline)
Lyrics submitted by fanatical3ebchic, edited by vertebro
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