"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.
I only think of you on Wednesday when the toast is
done and the grass is green
And the sun is rising in a Technicolor sky
And it's just the kind of morning that I wish you
could have seen
Some people miss their lovers on Monday when they're particularly blue You don't remind me of anything that lonely Wednesdays are the only days I ever think of you
I only think of you on Wednesdays in silly places like
the grocery store
When I remember when you let me wear your sweater
When you were picking out the ice-cream bars
Some people miss their lovers on Friday when they've
got no place to go
I only think of you on Wednesdays for all the simple
happiness we ever used to know
You've been long enough gone that I have long since
forgotten
All the nights we used to paint the town
On ordinary days when I go about my business
That's when I notice that you're not around
That's when I start to get to feeling down
So if you wonder if I miss you in wintertime when the
snow begins to fall
I don't think about you every single day, but that
doesn't mean I never think of you at all
Some people miss their lovers on Christmas amidst the
customary cheer
I only think of you on Wednesdays and every other
ordinary day of the year
done and the grass is green
And the sun is rising in a Technicolor sky
And it's just the kind of morning that I wish you
could have seen
Some people miss their lovers on Monday when they're particularly blue You don't remind me of anything that lonely Wednesdays are the only days I ever think of you
I only think of you on Wednesdays in silly places like
the grocery store
When I remember when you let me wear your sweater
When you were picking out the ice-cream bars
Some people miss their lovers on Friday when they've
got no place to go
I only think of you on Wednesdays for all the simple
happiness we ever used to know
You've been long enough gone that I have long since
forgotten
All the nights we used to paint the town
On ordinary days when I go about my business
That's when I notice that you're not around
That's when I start to get to feeling down
So if you wonder if I miss you in wintertime when the
snow begins to fall
I don't think about you every single day, but that
doesn't mean I never think of you at all
Some people miss their lovers on Christmas amidst the
customary cheer
I only think of you on Wednesdays and every other
ordinary day of the year
Lyrics submitted by BtownMeggy
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