"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.
Never can say goodbye
No, no, no, no I
never can say goodbye
Even tho' the pain and heartache seem to follow me wherever I go
Tho' I tried and tried to hide my feelings then always seem to show
Then you try to say you're leaving me and I always have to say no
Tell me why is it so
But I never can say goodbye
No, no, no, no
never can say goodbye
Every time I think I've had enough and start heading for the door
There's very strange vibrations, piercing me right to the core
It says turn around you fool you know you love her more and more
Tell me why is it so?
Don't wanna let you go
I never can say goodbye girl
(Never can say goodbye, girl)
Ohh, ohh, baby
(don't wanna let you go, girl)
I never can say goodbye
No, no, no, no, no, no
Ohh, I never can say goodbye girl
(Never can say goodbye, girl)
Ohh, ohh, ohh
(don't wanna let you go, baby)
I never can say goodbye
No, no, no, no, no, no
Ohh
Never can say goodbye
No, no, no, no
I never can say goodbye
I keep thinkin' that our problems soon are all gonna work out
But there's that same unhappy feelin' there's that anguish, there's that doubt
It's that same old dizzy hang-up can't do with you or without
Tell me why is it so
Don't wanna let you go
I never can say goodbye girl
(Never can say goodbye, girl)
Ohh, ohh, baby
(Baby)
I never can say goodbye
No, no, no, no, no, no
Ohh, I never can say goodbye girl
(Never can say goodbye, girl)
Ohh, ohh, ohh
(Baby)
I never can say goodbye
No, no, no, no, no, no
Ohh
I never can say goodbye girl
(Never can say goodbye, girl)
Ohh, ohh, baby,
(Baby)
I never can say goodbye
No, no, no, no, no, no
Ohh
I never can say goodbye girl
(Never can say goodbye, girl)
Ohh, ohh, baby
No, no, no, no I
never can say goodbye
Even tho' the pain and heartache seem to follow me wherever I go
Tho' I tried and tried to hide my feelings then always seem to show
Then you try to say you're leaving me and I always have to say no
Tell me why is it so
But I never can say goodbye
No, no, no, no
never can say goodbye
Every time I think I've had enough and start heading for the door
There's very strange vibrations, piercing me right to the core
It says turn around you fool you know you love her more and more
Tell me why is it so?
Don't wanna let you go
I never can say goodbye girl
(Never can say goodbye, girl)
Ohh, ohh, baby
(don't wanna let you go, girl)
I never can say goodbye
No, no, no, no, no, no
Ohh, I never can say goodbye girl
(Never can say goodbye, girl)
Ohh, ohh, ohh
(don't wanna let you go, baby)
I never can say goodbye
No, no, no, no, no, no
Ohh
Never can say goodbye
No, no, no, no
I never can say goodbye
I keep thinkin' that our problems soon are all gonna work out
But there's that same unhappy feelin' there's that anguish, there's that doubt
It's that same old dizzy hang-up can't do with you or without
Tell me why is it so
Don't wanna let you go
I never can say goodbye girl
(Never can say goodbye, girl)
Ohh, ohh, baby
(Baby)
I never can say goodbye
No, no, no, no, no, no
Ohh, I never can say goodbye girl
(Never can say goodbye, girl)
Ohh, ohh, ohh
(Baby)
I never can say goodbye
No, no, no, no, no, no
Ohh
I never can say goodbye girl
(Never can say goodbye, girl)
Ohh, ohh, baby,
(Baby)
I never can say goodbye
No, no, no, no, no, no
Ohh
I never can say goodbye girl
(Never can say goodbye, girl)
Ohh, ohh, baby
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i love this song... any1 agree?
I do! Love it to pieces.
My absolute favorite from the Jackson 5.
Wrong song title. It should be "The Love You Save".