"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.
Paint a pound, mix the green with red
Hum some notes, get it out of your head
Draw a line, so you can ignore it
Have a jam, have it with all the bits
Hit a key, there are plenty there
Get out the plasticine, and shape your hair
Here is the apples and the oranges and plums
The dandelions in the sun
The salt and sugar and the raisin and the rum
And still there's room for everyone
Some design, do the gardening
In the bedroom dance, in the shower sing
Cook a meal, have an appetite
And don't forget, you can ride a bike
Pull a shape, there are plenty there
Step our of line, and off that chair
Here is the apples and the oranges and plums
The dandelions in the sun
The salt and sugar and the raisin and the rum
And still there's room for everyone
Hit a key, there are plenty there
Get out the plasticine, and shape you hair
Hre is the apples and the oranges and plums
The dandelions in the sun
The salt and sugar and the raisin and the rum
And still there's room for everyone
Hum some notes, get it out of your head
Draw a line, so you can ignore it
Have a jam, have it with all the bits
Hit a key, there are plenty there
Get out the plasticine, and shape your hair
Here is the apples and the oranges and plums
The dandelions in the sun
The salt and sugar and the raisin and the rum
And still there's room for everyone
Some design, do the gardening
In the bedroom dance, in the shower sing
Cook a meal, have an appetite
And don't forget, you can ride a bike
Pull a shape, there are plenty there
Step our of line, and off that chair
Here is the apples and the oranges and plums
The dandelions in the sun
The salt and sugar and the raisin and the rum
And still there's room for everyone
Hit a key, there are plenty there
Get out the plasticine, and shape you hair
Hre is the apples and the oranges and plums
The dandelions in the sun
The salt and sugar and the raisin and the rum
And still there's room for everyone
Lyrics submitted by agckill
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