"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.
"Our little secret is between you and me
So please promise to let this go let it be
Forget everything you've heard and seen
Cuz we gotta stick together gotta stay as a team"
Well I'll break the walls of family secrecy
What's wrong is wrong I'll never let it be
I won't waste away my life with this shame
I'll speak the truth and free myself from this game
So now you call me a trader, hater
You just see me as a conflict bringer
All I wanna do is set us free can't you see
It holds us down, barely lets us breath
Well I see through this game
And I don't wanna play
Well I'm comin' out of the hidden lies
I won't lie and hide because of family ties
I've had enough I want you to realize
If you could only see right through my eyes
Trust me, listen to me, do what's right
Or you'll never free your heart from your mind
Rise up and you will find
Let the truth loose, don't protect the lies
Well I guess I didn't know how to say no Always kept it to myself but now I have to say no Cuz I say so, we be frontin' from the get go Out of love to all of the family cuz we must
So please promise to let this go let it be
Forget everything you've heard and seen
Cuz we gotta stick together gotta stay as a team"
Well I'll break the walls of family secrecy
What's wrong is wrong I'll never let it be
I won't waste away my life with this shame
I'll speak the truth and free myself from this game
So now you call me a trader, hater
You just see me as a conflict bringer
All I wanna do is set us free can't you see
It holds us down, barely lets us breath
Well I see through this game
And I don't wanna play
Well I'm comin' out of the hidden lies
I won't lie and hide because of family ties
I've had enough I want you to realize
If you could only see right through my eyes
Trust me, listen to me, do what's right
Or you'll never free your heart from your mind
Rise up and you will find
Let the truth loose, don't protect the lies
Well I guess I didn't know how to say no Always kept it to myself but now I have to say no Cuz I say so, we be frontin' from the get go Out of love to all of the family cuz we must
Lyrics submitted by ChelseaAnne99
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