"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.
Enough is enough is enough is enough is enough is enough is enough again
I called your bluff 'cos you think you're so tough because you can make enemies out of friends
I am getting sleepy
I'm in your command
Yes, yes, yes, I understand
Yes, yes, yes, I understand
(Uh-huh!)
Over and over and over and over and over and over and over again
The Xmas curse of sharing incurred we inferred the sword is mightier than the pen
You are in Atlanta
I am in a band
Yes, yes, yes, I'm in a band
Yes, yes, yes, I understand
A fact is a fact is a fact is a fact is a fact is a fact to misunderstand
And all the detractors who question the crafts have been asked to retract or face reprimand
You are always lying
I am on the lamb
Yes, yes, yes, I understand
Repetition of suspicion
Takes a lie and makes it true
Nearer and nearer and nearer and nearer and nearer and nearer to our demise
The fear we adhere to appears to be steering our ears to where we're only hearing lies
With us or against us
The line is in the sand
Yes, yes, yes, I understand
Repetition of suspicion
Takes a lie and makes it true
I called your bluff 'cos you think you're so tough because you can make enemies out of friends
I am getting sleepy
I'm in your command
Yes, yes, yes, I understand
Yes, yes, yes, I understand
(Uh-huh!)
Over and over and over and over and over and over and over again
The Xmas curse of sharing incurred we inferred the sword is mightier than the pen
You are in Atlanta
I am in a band
Yes, yes, yes, I'm in a band
Yes, yes, yes, I understand
A fact is a fact is a fact is a fact is a fact is a fact to misunderstand
And all the detractors who question the crafts have been asked to retract or face reprimand
You are always lying
I am on the lamb
Yes, yes, yes, I understand
Repetition of suspicion
Takes a lie and makes it true
Nearer and nearer and nearer and nearer and nearer and nearer to our demise
The fear we adhere to appears to be steering our ears to where we're only hearing lies
With us or against us
The line is in the sand
Yes, yes, yes, I understand
Repetition of suspicion
Takes a lie and makes it true
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i've been looking for this song ever since i saw the video of them recording it. where in the world did you find it?
@neko-chan it is on "Stop Us If You've Heard It Before"<br />