"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.
At last
My love has come along
My lonely days are over
And life is like a song
Oh yeah, yeah
At last
The skies above are blue
My heart was wrapped up in clover
The night I looked at you
I found a dream
That I could speak to
A dream that I can call my own
I found a thrill
To press my cheek to
A thrill that I've never known
Oh yeah, yeah
You smiled, you smiled
Oh and then the spell was cast
And here we are in Heaven
For you are mine
At last
My love has come along
My lonely days are over
And life is like a song
Oh yeah, yeah
At last
The skies above are blue
My heart was wrapped up in clover
The night I looked at you
I found a dream
That I could speak to
A dream that I can call my own
I found a thrill
To press my cheek to
A thrill that I've never known
Oh yeah, yeah
You smiled, you smiled
Oh and then the spell was cast
And here we are in Heaven
For you are mine
At last
Lyrics submitted by baybangel22, edited by Beryllium
At Last Lyrics as written by Mack Gordon Harry Warren
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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OMG. RIP Etta. You were/are one of my favorite artists. And this song is so incredibly beautiful. I shall always remember the blonde hair color at a time in history when even something as unimportant as that was pushing boundaries. Very very sad news today, but her music will forever live on...
True, she was an amazing performer and really knew how to let the emotion seep into her voice...you can really feel her soul when you listen to her. R.I.P, dear Etta James.
What a song! What a voice! What a woman! This is Etta James' signature song and I will never get tired of hearing it no matter how many times I play it.
overjoyed because the love she/you longed is finaly here
I first heard this song on the previews of a movie. After that i found out who sings it and i've loved the song ever since. Etta James is a legend, i have her box set of cds and she's great. This song with forever be a favorite of mine. It speaks so clearly the feeling of finding you love and enjoying ever minute of it.
This is the most beautiful song...it fills you with that feeling of what love really is.
yeah, this song is beautiful. etta james...awesome. this song is about finally having the person you love, and how everything in life just seems better with that person there.
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