"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.
Some chickens crossed the road
Straying far from the hen
Five reached the side one step below Zen
One was a female, four were mad men
Who moved on, moved on, moved on
Joined hands and moved on
Standing in line and falling asleep
Building a fence while we're counting the sheep
We'd let you help out but our project's too deep
Move on, move on, move on
Stay awake, just move on
You have to understand that when it comes to making music
We meshed the styles of five alive and intertwined and fused it
Life comes from life and through our strife we strove to make the sound true
Compelled to spell it out, (No Doubt!) in search of what we must do
Our house was to small so we had to move
The neighbors had much doubts so we had to prove
That our soulful dimensions were true to the groove
We moved on, moved on, moved on
To our house in the middle of our street
Water the music, plant the seeds in the pot
Music is life flowing through, is it not?
Don't forget your roots, but also don't rot
Move on, move on, move on
Plant the seeds and move on
You have to understand that when it comes to making music
We meshed the styles of five alive and intertwined and fused it
Life comes from life and through our strife we strove to make the sound true
Compelled to spell it out, (No Doubt!) in search of what we must do
Don't be afraid
Let your feelings show
Wear your heart on your sleeve
And let yourself glow, yeah
Don't be afraid
Let your feelings show, oh
Wear your heart on your sleeve
Your heart on you sleeve
And let yourself glow, yeah
Ooh, yeah yeah yeah yeah, ha
Don't be afraid
Let your feelings, yeah
Your heart
And let yourself glow, yeah
Don't be afraid
Don't be afraid, yeah yeah yeah
Straying far from the hen
Five reached the side one step below Zen
One was a female, four were mad men
Who moved on, moved on, moved on
Joined hands and moved on
Standing in line and falling asleep
Building a fence while we're counting the sheep
We'd let you help out but our project's too deep
Move on, move on, move on
Stay awake, just move on
You have to understand that when it comes to making music
We meshed the styles of five alive and intertwined and fused it
Life comes from life and through our strife we strove to make the sound true
Compelled to spell it out, (No Doubt!) in search of what we must do
Our house was to small so we had to move
The neighbors had much doubts so we had to prove
That our soulful dimensions were true to the groove
We moved on, moved on, moved on
To our house in the middle of our street
Water the music, plant the seeds in the pot
Music is life flowing through, is it not?
Don't forget your roots, but also don't rot
Move on, move on, move on
Plant the seeds and move on
You have to understand that when it comes to making music
We meshed the styles of five alive and intertwined and fused it
Life comes from life and through our strife we strove to make the sound true
Compelled to spell it out, (No Doubt!) in search of what we must do
Don't be afraid
Let your feelings show
Wear your heart on your sleeve
And let yourself glow, yeah
Don't be afraid
Let your feelings show, oh
Wear your heart on your sleeve
Your heart on you sleeve
And let yourself glow, yeah
Ooh, yeah yeah yeah yeah, ha
Don't be afraid
Let your feelings, yeah
Your heart
And let yourself glow, yeah
Don't be afraid
Don't be afraid, yeah yeah yeah
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