"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.
Do a little bit of fucking tang
Try to sit down but you gotta dance
All you want is just a half a chance
All she wants is just a fun romance
I gotta pocket full of change, let's get tanked
A pocket full of change, let's get tanked
All you want is just half a chance
Come on let's dance, sugar
Let's dance, let's dance
I gotta lotta people that I'd like to thank
Suspended animation critical think tank
Shed a tear or maybe bust a rhyme
Know you love to have a real good time
You can stand in the ocean line
I'll come to you and somewhere suffering second night
I was kicked out of my school social
No school social
School social, school
Do a little bit of fucking tang
Try to sit down but you gotta dance
All you want is just a half a chance
All he wants is just a fun romance
I gotta pocket full of change, let's get tanked
A pocket full of change, let's get tanked
All you want is half a chance
After all is said and done, you're still a vision
Complimentary drinks to you, you've found your reason
You won't hear it on the television, see it on the radio
You won't hear it on the television, see it on the radio
Try to sit down but you gotta dance
All you want is just a half a chance
All she wants is just a fun romance
I gotta pocket full of change, let's get tanked
A pocket full of change, let's get tanked
All you want is just half a chance
Come on let's dance, sugar
Let's dance, let's dance
I gotta lotta people that I'd like to thank
Suspended animation critical think tank
Shed a tear or maybe bust a rhyme
Know you love to have a real good time
You can stand in the ocean line
I'll come to you and somewhere suffering second night
I was kicked out of my school social
No school social
School social, school
Do a little bit of fucking tang
Try to sit down but you gotta dance
All you want is just a half a chance
All he wants is just a fun romance
I gotta pocket full of change, let's get tanked
A pocket full of change, let's get tanked
All you want is half a chance
After all is said and done, you're still a vision
Complimentary drinks to you, you've found your reason
You won't hear it on the television, see it on the radio
You won't hear it on the television, see it on the radio
Lyrics submitted by cyber_daemon
Tang Lyrics as written by Phillip Jamieson
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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