"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.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
We are taking it easy
And bright and breezy, yeah
We are living it up
Just fine and dandy, yeah
And it really doesn't matter that we don't eat
And it really doesn't matter if we never sleep
No, it really doesn't matter, really doesn't matter at all
'Cause we are so young now, we are so young, so young now
And when tomorrow comes, we can do it all again
Oh, we are chasing the moon
Just running wild and free
We are following through
Every dream and every need
And it really doesn't matter that we don't eat
And it really doesn't matter if we never sleep
No, it really doesn't matter, really doesn't matter at all
'Cause we are so young now, we are so young, so young now
And when tomorrow comes, we can do it all again
Yeah, we are so young now, we are so young, so young now
And when tomorrow comes, we'll just do it all again
All again, all again, yeah
All again, all again, yeah, yeah, yeah
So young now, we are so young, so young now
And when tomorrow comes, we'll just do it all again
Yeah, we are so young now, we are so young, so young now
And when tomorrow comes, we'll just do it all again
We are so young, yeah (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
We are so young, yeah (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
We are so young, yeah (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
We are taking it easy
And bright and breezy, yeah
We are living it up
Just fine and dandy, yeah
And it really doesn't matter that we don't eat
And it really doesn't matter if we never sleep
No, it really doesn't matter, really doesn't matter at all
'Cause we are so young now, we are so young, so young now
And when tomorrow comes, we can do it all again
Oh, we are chasing the moon
Just running wild and free
We are following through
Every dream and every need
And it really doesn't matter that we don't eat
And it really doesn't matter if we never sleep
No, it really doesn't matter, really doesn't matter at all
'Cause we are so young now, we are so young, so young now
And when tomorrow comes, we can do it all again
Yeah, we are so young now, we are so young, so young now
And when tomorrow comes, we'll just do it all again
All again, all again, yeah
All again, all again, yeah, yeah, yeah
So young now, we are so young, so young now
And when tomorrow comes, we'll just do it all again
Yeah, we are so young now, we are so young, so young now
And when tomorrow comes, we'll just do it all again
We are so young, yeah (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
We are so young, yeah (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
We are so young, yeah (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
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Punchline
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Page
Ed Sheeran
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i'm in college and it's so fun to be young and have no cares...i love to blast this song just to remind myself not to take everything too seriouslt