"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.
MOTHER SAID I CAN'T LISTEN TO RADIO HAVANA
AND I READ WITH A FLASHLIGHT LATE THAT NIGHT
ON THESE NORTH SIDE STREETS TRY AVOIDING THE LIGHTS
TRY AVOIDING ANY TYPE OF POLITICAL FIGHT
SO ALONE ARE ALL THESE "NEW DEAL" HOMES
IT CAN'T ONLY MATTER WHAT YOU KNOW
BUT HOW YOU LET YOUR ANGER SHOW
HAROLD WASHINGTON IN A GARTER BELT AND STOCKINGS
FATHER WASN'T PICKING SIDES
BUT DOG-EARED PAGES GAVE CLUES TO THE THOUGHTS INSIDE
THE BLACK SHEEP PRINCE BOWED FOR THE CROWN TODAY
TRIED KEEPING THINGS QUIET, TRIED KEEPING THINGS STILL
TRIED KEEPING HIS CONSCIENCE FROM AN HONEST CHILL
CAN TRADITION SETTLE IN LIKE RUST?
THE RECORD KNOWS SO LET IT SHOW
THAT DESPERATE IS AS CLEVER DOES
HARRY CARRY MAKING SICK OFF CLARK ST.
WELCOME TO MY 588-2300 EMPIRE
AND I READ WITH A FLASHLIGHT LATE THAT NIGHT
ON THESE NORTH SIDE STREETS TRY AVOIDING THE LIGHTS
TRY AVOIDING ANY TYPE OF POLITICAL FIGHT
SO ALONE ARE ALL THESE "NEW DEAL" HOMES
IT CAN'T ONLY MATTER WHAT YOU KNOW
BUT HOW YOU LET YOUR ANGER SHOW
HAROLD WASHINGTON IN A GARTER BELT AND STOCKINGS
FATHER WASN'T PICKING SIDES
BUT DOG-EARED PAGES GAVE CLUES TO THE THOUGHTS INSIDE
THE BLACK SHEEP PRINCE BOWED FOR THE CROWN TODAY
TRIED KEEPING THINGS QUIET, TRIED KEEPING THINGS STILL
TRIED KEEPING HIS CONSCIENCE FROM AN HONEST CHILL
CAN TRADITION SETTLE IN LIKE RUST?
THE RECORD KNOWS SO LET IT SHOW
THAT DESPERATE IS AS CLEVER DOES
HARRY CARRY MAKING SICK OFF CLARK ST.
WELCOME TO MY 588-2300 EMPIRE
Lyrics submitted by oofus
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