"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.
This is the story with the fantastic lies
Or some facts to help us minimalize
As for this shelter I can plainly deny
But you can't kill time without injuring us
And we'll count up all the goods now
This is the girl with such fantastic eyes
Such brute creation to but lay up beside
Should cut our nails and wash up our feet
And enjoy the tedium that's yet been untried by me
And we'll count up all the goods now
There are more than you ever thought you'd own
Lift up your fingers and let's untie the string
Let's knot them all to see what this monster brings
'Cause it's real soothing with its tail in its knees
'Cause you can cry once without harrowing thus
And we'll count up all the goods now
Don't you know that they've come to be your host?
Didn't mean to skank your art
Should've never hung around us (dear)
Didn't want your money, oh baby now
When it lasted all day, we would blast it all day
We would bring it on and on
It's all in your head
Or some facts to help us minimalize
As for this shelter I can plainly deny
But you can't kill time without injuring us
And we'll count up all the goods now
This is the girl with such fantastic eyes
Such brute creation to but lay up beside
Should cut our nails and wash up our feet
And enjoy the tedium that's yet been untried by me
And we'll count up all the goods now
There are more than you ever thought you'd own
Lift up your fingers and let's untie the string
Let's knot them all to see what this monster brings
'Cause it's real soothing with its tail in its knees
'Cause you can cry once without harrowing thus
And we'll count up all the goods now
Don't you know that they've come to be your host?
Didn't mean to skank your art
Should've never hung around us (dear)
Didn't want your money, oh baby now
When it lasted all day, we would blast it all day
We would bring it on and on
It's all in your head
Lyrics submitted by hbis4lovers
Goods (All in Your Head) Lyrics as written by Kori Gardner Hammel Jason Edward Hammel
Lyrics © ROUGH TRADE PUBLISHING, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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This is the story with the fantastic lies Or some facts to help us minimalize As for this shelter I can plainly deny But you can't kill time without injuring us And we'll count up all the goods now This is the girl with such fantastic eyes Such brute creation to but lay up beside Should cut our nails and wash our feet and enjoy the tedium that's yet been untried by me And we'll count up all the goods now There are more than you ever thought you'd own Lift up your fingers and let's unite the string Let's knot them all to see what this monster brings 'Cause its real soothing with its tail in its knees 'Cause you can cry once without harrowing thus And we'll count up all the goods now Don't you know that they've come to be your host Didn't mean to skank your art Should've never hung around us, (dear) Didn't want your money, oh baby now When it lasted all day, we would blast it all day We would bring it on and on It's all in your head