"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 sure to find true love under angel wings,â??
Assured and locked so tight I know she's whispering.
Alone and savoring life alone tonight
She's coming out to greet a world so wont of light.
Her first time exposed to the games and bitter ends.
Her last time to feel clean, in broken English she says,
â??I lost everything to one boy who says he was mine,
He said he'd hold me forever.â??
Now she's sitting on my floor,
Pulling out her hair to ease
That she's not sleeping again.
This cotton down it feels so much more like home.
The memories creep in as she closes both her eyes.
She's walking out into the night for the first time,
Completely unprepared for the thousandth time.
â??I lost everything to one boy who says he was mine,
He said he'd hold me forever.â??
Now she's sitting on my floor,
Pulling out her hair to ease
That she's not sleeping again.
The first time that I saw those eyes
Was the first time that I came undone,
Oh Mary look what you've done to me.
Oh Mary look what you've done.
The first time that I saw those eyes
Was the first time I came undone,
Oh Mary look what you've done to me.
Oh Mary look what you've done.
She says, â??I lost everything to one boy who says he was mine,
He said he'd hold me forever.â??
She's sitting on my floor,
Pulling out her hair to ease
That she's not sleeping again.
I can't forget this night; another left, another right.
How did I ever get away, the door was locked the key unmade.
Out for the last time life ends here,
There is no next time gas is full; a vehicle that ends all fear.
Assured and locked so tight I know she's whispering.
Alone and savoring life alone tonight
She's coming out to greet a world so wont of light.
Her first time exposed to the games and bitter ends.
Her last time to feel clean, in broken English she says,
â??I lost everything to one boy who says he was mine,
He said he'd hold me forever.â??
Now she's sitting on my floor,
Pulling out her hair to ease
That she's not sleeping again.
This cotton down it feels so much more like home.
The memories creep in as she closes both her eyes.
She's walking out into the night for the first time,
Completely unprepared for the thousandth time.
â??I lost everything to one boy who says he was mine,
He said he'd hold me forever.â??
Now she's sitting on my floor,
Pulling out her hair to ease
That she's not sleeping again.
The first time that I saw those eyes
Was the first time that I came undone,
Oh Mary look what you've done to me.
Oh Mary look what you've done.
The first time that I saw those eyes
Was the first time I came undone,
Oh Mary look what you've done to me.
Oh Mary look what you've done.
She says, â??I lost everything to one boy who says he was mine,
He said he'd hold me forever.â??
She's sitting on my floor,
Pulling out her hair to ease
That she's not sleeping again.
I can't forget this night; another left, another right.
How did I ever get away, the door was locked the key unmade.
Out for the last time life ends here,
There is no next time gas is full; a vehicle that ends all fear.
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