"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.
Envie de boire et de fumer
Envie de boire, envie d'aimer
Brigitte, Brigitte j'ai envie de vous copier
Brigitte, Brigitte, Brigitte, Brigitte vous m'épatez
Indispensable Brigitte, vous sentez les choses
Toutes faites de colère, toutes faites de contrôle
Mystérieux et intime savoir
Que le meilleur reste encore à venir
Indispensable Brigitte, vous sentez les choses
Vous pouvez faire mal
Comme vous savez donner
Brigitte, Brigitte j'ai envie de vous copier
Brigitte, Brigitte, Brigitte, Brigitte vous m'épatez
Brigitte, Brigitte j'ai envie de vous copier
Brigitte, Brigitte, Brigitte, Brigitte vous m'épatez
Nous ne pourrons jamais combler qu'une infime
Partie de la vie des gens
Nous ne pourrons jamais combler qu'une infime
On a beau dire, tout est question de reflet
Folle vous le paraissez très certainement
Aux côtés des honnêtes gens
Nous ne pourrons jamais combler qu'une infime
Partie de la vie des gens
Nous ne pourrons jamais combler qu'une infime
Partie de la vie des gens
On a beau dire, tout est question de reflet
Folle vous le paraissez très certainement
Aux côtés des honnêtes gens
Envie de boire, envie d'aimer
Brigitte, Brigitte j'ai envie de vous copier
Brigitte, Brigitte, Brigitte, Brigitte vous m'épatez
Indispensable Brigitte, vous sentez les choses
Toutes faites de colère, toutes faites de contrôle
Mystérieux et intime savoir
Que le meilleur reste encore à venir
Indispensable Brigitte, vous sentez les choses
Vous pouvez faire mal
Comme vous savez donner
Brigitte, Brigitte j'ai envie de vous copier
Brigitte, Brigitte, Brigitte, Brigitte vous m'épatez
Brigitte, Brigitte j'ai envie de vous copier
Brigitte, Brigitte, Brigitte, Brigitte vous m'épatez
Nous ne pourrons jamais combler qu'une infime
Partie de la vie des gens
Nous ne pourrons jamais combler qu'une infime
On a beau dire, tout est question de reflet
Folle vous le paraissez très certainement
Aux côtés des honnêtes gens
Nous ne pourrons jamais combler qu'une infime
Partie de la vie des gens
Nous ne pourrons jamais combler qu'une infime
Partie de la vie des gens
On a beau dire, tout est question de reflet
Folle vous le paraissez très certainement
Aux côtés des honnêtes gens
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