"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.
I'm on my way up (ooh!)
Can't put me down (ooh!)
Business is tough (ooh!)
I ain't gonna get pushed around
I'm on my way (ooh!)
Gonna take this town (ooh!)
It's gonna be mine all mine
It's my time and
I'm on my way (on my way up)
Straight to the top (I'm telling myself)
I'm telling myself (I'm totally sussed)
I'm puttin' my name around (on my way up)
Ooh hoo (on my way up)
Gotta get that rhythm
I got positivism to give 'em
I'm on my way through
Where I'm going to
You wouldn't believe
But I'll make it, I'm tellin' you
I'm on a roll
Gonna have it all
It's gonna be fine so fine
Baby all of the time
I'm in control
I'm mighty bold
I'm lookin' good
I'm quittin' the neighborhood
On my way up
Gotta get right with 'em
Got all of my life left for livin'
Nobody gonna tell me no
Nobody gonna stop me so
Everybody gonna see me grow
Nobody gonna hold me down
Gotta get to a better place
Gotta wake up, see your face
Gotta hold on, move on
Go through that wall
It's my life or it's nothin'
Our life or it's nothin' at all
I'm on my way up
I'm on my way
Yeah, gonna get it right
I'm telling myself
Gonna make it this time around
On my way up
Gonna get that rhythm baby
Gonna start that livin' babe
Got all my sights set on Heaven
Can't put me down (ooh!)
Business is tough (ooh!)
I ain't gonna get pushed around
I'm on my way (ooh!)
Gonna take this town (ooh!)
It's gonna be mine all mine
It's my time and
I'm on my way (on my way up)
Straight to the top (I'm telling myself)
I'm telling myself (I'm totally sussed)
I'm puttin' my name around (on my way up)
Ooh hoo (on my way up)
Gotta get that rhythm
I got positivism to give 'em
I'm on my way through
Where I'm going to
You wouldn't believe
But I'll make it, I'm tellin' you
I'm on a roll
Gonna have it all
It's gonna be fine so fine
Baby all of the time
I'm in control
I'm mighty bold
I'm lookin' good
I'm quittin' the neighborhood
On my way up
Gotta get right with 'em
Got all of my life left for livin'
Nobody gonna tell me no
Nobody gonna stop me so
Everybody gonna see me grow
Nobody gonna hold me down
Gotta get to a better place
Gotta wake up, see your face
Gotta hold on, move on
Go through that wall
It's my life or it's nothin'
Our life or it's nothin' at all
I'm on my way up
I'm on my way
Yeah, gonna get it right
I'm telling myself
Gonna make it this time around
On my way up
Gonna get that rhythm baby
Gonna start that livin' babe
Got all my sights set on Heaven
Lyrics submitted by mercury_girl86
On My Way Up Lyrics as written by Brian May
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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