"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.
True, I'd give my right arm
To keep you safe from harm
And true, for you, I'd move to Ecuador
And I'd keep a little farm
Chop wood to keep you warm
But I don't really love you anymore
I don't have to love you now if I don't wish to
I won't see you anyhow if that's an issue
Because I am a gentleman
Think of me as just your fan
Who remembers every dress you ever wore.
Just the bad comedian
Your new boyfriend's better than
'Cos I don't really love you anymore.
There'll be someday when your eyes do not enthrall me,
I'll be numb but realize you'll never call me.
'Cause I've read your horoscope
And now I've given up all hope
So I don't really love you anymore
'Cause I've read your horoscope
And now I've given up all hope
So I don't really love you anymore
To keep you safe from harm
And true, for you, I'd move to Ecuador
And I'd keep a little farm
Chop wood to keep you warm
But I don't really love you anymore
I don't have to love you now if I don't wish to
I won't see you anyhow if that's an issue
Because I am a gentleman
Think of me as just your fan
Who remembers every dress you ever wore.
Just the bad comedian
Your new boyfriend's better than
'Cos I don't really love you anymore.
There'll be someday when your eyes do not enthrall me,
I'll be numb but realize you'll never call me.
'Cause I've read your horoscope
And now I've given up all hope
So I don't really love you anymore
'Cause I've read your horoscope
And now I've given up all hope
So I don't really love you anymore
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Fast Car
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Cajun Girl
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I Can't Go To Sleep
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Magical
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what a bittersweet song.
What a sarcastic song. The title and lyrics are such a lie, and you can tell that even though the music is so upbeat, he's just lying to himself and trying to make himself believe that he doesn't really love a certain girl anymore when he obviously does. And I certainly can relate to this song, though it's with a guy and not a girl.
Isn't Stephin Merritt gay?
'Cause I've read your horoscope And now I've given up all hope'
god. i love the magnetic fields.
first one i ever heard. LOVE IT
"think of me as: just your fan, who remembers every dress you ever wore just a bad comedian your new boyfriend's better than,"
haha, it's sad I relate to those lines, but I do.
I've listened to this song so many times, it's ridiculous. definitely one of my favorites from this album! i love how playful it is, and the way it's so obvious that the title is a lie. =P
This song has a lot in common with "You and Me and the Moon", musically.
wow I simply love the last lines.
'Cause I've read your horoscope And now I've given up all hope So I don't really love you anymore
they are so killing
pretty much how i feel.
"Who remembers every dress you ever wore..."
Oh, that line kicks my butt every time. Love it.