"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.
Road map is a bitter pill
Scene stinks of a double deal
A good front like the devil will your
Eyes on the prize
Come clean like you said you would
Make peace like I know you could
Heroes don't do any good with tears in their eyes
Fight the good fight
Maintain the trend
Just look me in the eyes and say
The world's not going to end
Take stock in the master plan
Place bets on an empty hand
Empire has a leg to stand
Holy Roman style
Poison from a holy grail
Blind faith doesn't make the sale
Landmines on the righteous trail march rank and file
Patriotic
Friend stabbing friend
You'll look me in the eyes and say
The world's not going to end
Just make me a promise that
The world's not going to end
Will you save us?
Scene stinks of a double deal
A good front like the devil will your
Eyes on the prize
Come clean like you said you would
Make peace like I know you could
Heroes don't do any good with tears in their eyes
Fight the good fight
Maintain the trend
Just look me in the eyes and say
The world's not going to end
Take stock in the master plan
Place bets on an empty hand
Empire has a leg to stand
Holy Roman style
Poison from a holy grail
Blind faith doesn't make the sale
Landmines on the righteous trail march rank and file
Patriotic
Friend stabbing friend
You'll look me in the eyes and say
The world's not going to end
Just make me a promise that
The world's not going to end
Will you save us?
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