"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.
Why do you smile like that, when you look at me?
When you know I can't have you
Why do your glances seem like advances?
Is it just me? Man I think you’re going crazy
It aches in my heart
With my friends I'm always acting so cool
But I would SELL OUT
If only to be closer to you
Cause there's nothing I can do...
I can't get you out of my thoughts
Or out of my heart and I know I'm in love with you baby
Everything I do, leads me back to you
You got to know that you're driving me crazy
Look at me girl, I'm a fool, I make you smile
But I know I can't have you
And I stare at the stars, wishing you weren't so far
From my arms, not alone
But I'm sick ofbeing lonely
I try to love someone else
And everyday I try to be true
It only make me feel worse
Cause all I do is think about you
And there's nothing I can do
I can't get you out of my thoughts
Or out of my heart and I know I'm in love with you baby
Everything I do, leads me back to you
You got to know that you're driving me crazy
I can't get you out of my thoughts
Or out of my heart and I know I'm in love with you baby
Everything I do, leads me back to you
You got to know that you're driving me crazy
Ahhh...
I can't get you out of my thoughts
Or out of my heart and I know I'm in love with you baby
Everything I do, leads me back to you
You got to know that you're driving me...
I can't get you out of my thoughts, or out of my heart,
And I know I'm in love with you baby,
Everything I do, leads me back to you,
Leads me back to you, leads me back to you, leads me back to you
I can't get you out of my thoughts
Or out of my heart and I know I'm in love with you baby
Everything I do, leads me back to you
Leads me back to you... (4x)
You... (2x)
When you know I can't have you
Why do your glances seem like advances?
Is it just me? Man I think you’re going crazy
It aches in my heart
With my friends I'm always acting so cool
But I would SELL OUT
If only to be closer to you
Cause there's nothing I can do...
I can't get you out of my thoughts
Or out of my heart and I know I'm in love with you baby
Everything I do, leads me back to you
You got to know that you're driving me crazy
Look at me girl, I'm a fool, I make you smile
But I know I can't have you
And I stare at the stars, wishing you weren't so far
From my arms, not alone
But I'm sick ofbeing lonely
I try to love someone else
And everyday I try to be true
It only make me feel worse
Cause all I do is think about you
And there's nothing I can do
I can't get you out of my thoughts
Or out of my heart and I know I'm in love with you baby
Everything I do, leads me back to you
You got to know that you're driving me crazy
I can't get you out of my thoughts
Or out of my heart and I know I'm in love with you baby
Everything I do, leads me back to you
You got to know that you're driving me crazy
Ahhh...
I can't get you out of my thoughts
Or out of my heart and I know I'm in love with you baby
Everything I do, leads me back to you
You got to know that you're driving me...
I can't get you out of my thoughts, or out of my heart,
And I know I'm in love with you baby,
Everything I do, leads me back to you,
Leads me back to you, leads me back to you, leads me back to you
I can't get you out of my thoughts
Or out of my heart and I know I'm in love with you baby
Everything I do, leads me back to you
Leads me back to you... (4x)
You... (2x)
Lyrics submitted by gage006
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