"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.
Stretching out your tightness
good enough _________ grow
Stretching out your tightness
Time to open up your whole
When it rains, I let myself get wet
I have always wanted to
Give something to my brother
Proposing to expose your head
To something that is like no other
Hit it
I'll stretch you out
I'll stretch you out my friend
I'll stretch you out
The _______ from __________ intuition is my liquid fare
We are all in favor of the opening
Three pounds of love and knowledge are expanding in my skull
Truth be told, we let the good times roll
I have always wanted to
Receive it and believe it
And its _____ and creating love
Tender titilations
I'll stretch you out
I'll stretch you out my friend
I'll stretch you out
I'm a fish and I can swim all day
I can swim in so many ways
make it up as I go along
That way it is never wrong
I'm a bird and I can fly away
I can shift in so many shapes
Make it up as I go along
That way it is never wrong
Ow
There's a glowing up around the moon it's showing
We want to play in the water that is flowing
Very legendary instraplanetary fairy
Varied truths
She's making just for you
Yes, I have always wanted to
Give something to this stranger
M m m moving to approve the grove
A mental transformation
good enough _________ grow
Stretching out your tightness
Time to open up your whole
When it rains, I let myself get wet
I have always wanted to
Give something to my brother
Proposing to expose your head
To something that is like no other
Hit it
I'll stretch you out
I'll stretch you out my friend
I'll stretch you out
The _______ from __________ intuition is my liquid fare
We are all in favor of the opening
Three pounds of love and knowledge are expanding in my skull
Truth be told, we let the good times roll
I have always wanted to
Receive it and believe it
And its _____ and creating love
Tender titilations
I'll stretch you out
I'll stretch you out my friend
I'll stretch you out
I'm a fish and I can swim all day
I can swim in so many ways
make it up as I go along
That way it is never wrong
I'm a bird and I can fly away
I can shift in so many shapes
Make it up as I go along
That way it is never wrong
Ow
There's a glowing up around the moon it's showing
We want to play in the water that is flowing
Very legendary instraplanetary fairy
Varied truths
She's making just for you
Yes, I have always wanted to
Give something to this stranger
M m m moving to approve the grove
A mental transformation
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