"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.
Well you can say what you want,
but you won't get a thing from me.
And if you don't understand,
that it's not in your hands, you need.
Let there be love.
Let there be love.
Let there be love.
Let there be love.
But you can say what you feel,
and you not never steal from me.
And then you must understand,
that it's all in your hands, what you need.
Let there be love.
Let there be love.
Let there be love.
Let there be love.
And I never knew,
but all the things that you've done are coming right back to you.
But everybody knows that it's no crime.
And does it make you feel ashamed?
You never said what you done, and there's no need to blame.
But everybody knows,
yea everybody knows,
everybody knows that it's no crime.
It's no crime.
So you can say what you want,
but you'll not get a thought from me.
But if you say what you mean,
then you might get a thing from me.
Let there be love.
Let there be love.
Let there be love.
Let there be love.
If I ever knew, that all the things I've thought are coming right back to you.
But everybody thinks that it's a crime.
It never makes you feel ashamed, you sit around, and you're sold, and you're passing the blame.
But everybody knows,
yea everybody knows,
everybody knows that it's a crime.
It's a crime.
It's a crime.
It's a crime.
but you won't get a thing from me.
And if you don't understand,
that it's not in your hands, you need.
Let there be love.
Let there be love.
Let there be love.
Let there be love.
But you can say what you feel,
and you not never steal from me.
And then you must understand,
that it's all in your hands, what you need.
Let there be love.
Let there be love.
Let there be love.
Let there be love.
And I never knew,
but all the things that you've done are coming right back to you.
But everybody knows that it's no crime.
And does it make you feel ashamed?
You never said what you done, and there's no need to blame.
But everybody knows,
yea everybody knows,
everybody knows that it's no crime.
It's no crime.
So you can say what you want,
but you'll not get a thought from me.
But if you say what you mean,
then you might get a thing from me.
Let there be love.
Let there be love.
Let there be love.
Let there be love.
If I ever knew, that all the things I've thought are coming right back to you.
But everybody thinks that it's a crime.
It never makes you feel ashamed, you sit around, and you're sold, and you're passing the blame.
But everybody knows,
yea everybody knows,
everybody knows that it's a crime.
It's a crime.
It's a crime.
It's a crime.
Lyrics submitted by xxxxxxx123456
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