"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.
Know all about, yeah, 'bout your reputation
And now it's bound to be a heartbreak situation
But I can't help it if I'm helpless every time that I'm where you are
You walk in and my strength walks out the door
Say my name and I can't fight it any more
Oh, I know I should go
But I need your touch just too damn much.
Lovin' you, yeah, isn't really something I should do
Shouldn't wanna spend my time with you, yeah
Well, I should try to be strong
But baby, you're the right kind of wrong
Yeah, baby, you're the right kind of wrong.
Might be a mistake, a mistake I'm makin'
But what you're givin' I am happy to be takin'
'Cause no one's ever made me feel the way I feel when I'm in
Your arms.
They say you're somethin' I should do without
They don't know what goes on when the lights go out
There's no way to explain
All the pleasure is worth all the pain.
Lovin' you, yeah, isn't really something I should do
Yeah, hey
Shouldn't wanna spend my time with you, yeah
Well, I should try to be strong
But, baby, you're the right kind of wrong
Yeah, baby, you're the right kind of wrong.
I should try to run, but I just can't seem to
'Cause every time I run, you're the one I run to
Can't do without what you do to me
I don't care if I'm in too deep
Yeah, hey, yeah.
Know all about, yeah, 'bout your reputation
And now it's bound to be a heartbreak situation
But I can't help it if I'm helpless every time that I'm where you are.
You walk in and my strength walks out the door
Say my name and I can't fight it any more
Oh, I know I should go
But I need your touch just too damn much.
Hey, yeah -
Lovin' you, yeah, isn't really something I should do
Shouldn't wanna spend my time with you, yeah
Well, I should try to be strong
(I should try to be strong)
But, baby, you're the right kind of wrong
(Right kind of wrong)
Baby, you're the right kind of wrong
(Baby, you're the right kind of wrong)
Yeah, baby, you're the right kind of wrong.
And now it's bound to be a heartbreak situation
But I can't help it if I'm helpless every time that I'm where you are
You walk in and my strength walks out the door
Say my name and I can't fight it any more
Oh, I know I should go
But I need your touch just too damn much.
Lovin' you, yeah, isn't really something I should do
Shouldn't wanna spend my time with you, yeah
Well, I should try to be strong
But baby, you're the right kind of wrong
Yeah, baby, you're the right kind of wrong.
Might be a mistake, a mistake I'm makin'
But what you're givin' I am happy to be takin'
'Cause no one's ever made me feel the way I feel when I'm in
Your arms.
They say you're somethin' I should do without
They don't know what goes on when the lights go out
There's no way to explain
All the pleasure is worth all the pain.
Lovin' you, yeah, isn't really something I should do
Yeah, hey
Shouldn't wanna spend my time with you, yeah
Well, I should try to be strong
But, baby, you're the right kind of wrong
Yeah, baby, you're the right kind of wrong.
I should try to run, but I just can't seem to
'Cause every time I run, you're the one I run to
Can't do without what you do to me
I don't care if I'm in too deep
Yeah, hey, yeah.
Know all about, yeah, 'bout your reputation
And now it's bound to be a heartbreak situation
But I can't help it if I'm helpless every time that I'm where you are.
You walk in and my strength walks out the door
Say my name and I can't fight it any more
Oh, I know I should go
But I need your touch just too damn much.
Hey, yeah -
Lovin' you, yeah, isn't really something I should do
Shouldn't wanna spend my time with you, yeah
Well, I should try to be strong
(I should try to be strong)
But, baby, you're the right kind of wrong
(Right kind of wrong)
Baby, you're the right kind of wrong
(Baby, you're the right kind of wrong)
Yeah, baby, you're the right kind of wrong.
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This is the best song ever!!!!!!!!! :)
This is the best song! I can totally relate to it.
This song totally means a lot to me since i am in a situation like this now. I really like a guy a lot and we do stuff occasionally but everyone tells me he is no good for me. But all the pain that he inflicts on me doesnt matter because he makes me so happy. The times he makes me happy matter much more than the times he makes me sad and others just don't realize that but this song explains it well.
isnt this just soo true about almost all guys...
i really like the line "i should try to run but i just can't seem to/ cuz everytime i run you're the one i run to"
its so true; when we're in relationships like this, you try to escape cuz everyone tells you it'd be better for you, but you just cant leave cuz you need him too much. this song comes a lil too close to my relationship right now.
this is my fav lyric of the song!! Loving you isn't really something I should do Shouldn't wanna spend my time with you I should try to be strong But baby, you're the right kind of wrong Baby you're the right kind of wrong can we say this sums up my life right now? I THINK SO! :)
This movie rocks too! :)
This song basically sums up my entire relationship with a boy... "You walk in and my strength walks out the door Say my name and I can't fight anymore Oh I know I should go But I need your touch just too damn much " It even has my friend opinion and how I feel towards that ("They say you're something I should do without They don't know what goes on when the lights go out There's no way to explain All the pleasure is worth all the pain")
All the pain of not knowing how he feels is just worth being with him.
Oh and this is my favorite song!
A girl sang this song in front of our school at some assembly and me and a few guys got together and actually played the entire song for her. I was on lead guitar and I also sang the song with her. It was great. We even sang again at a football game "Heads Carolina, Tails California". Not appropriate for a football game I know, but we had fun doing it. But this song is really good and I like it. Especially the movie.
This song is fab, it describes what i have with a guy right now, we're mates but thats where it should stop yet it doesn't, i stopped it all but he's rigning me and i can't stop myself everytime i see him, hes defo the right kinda wrong!
My ex, the right kinf of wrong! def!