"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.
Hang on Mike
If there's one thing you're good for it's holding on
Hang on Mike
If there's one thing you're good for it's another song
She can hear me sing from the kitchen
Trying not to blink, not to miss it
Like a tree falling in the forest
The music fills the moment
While dinner's getting colder
Hang on Mike
If there's one thing you're good for it's holding on
Hang on Mike
If there's one thing you're good for it's another song
No, my studio is not a bedroom
No, our living room is not a venue
But when I sing to you my whole world changes
When you smile at my creation
With a standing ovation, telling me to
Hang on Mike
If there's one thing you're good for it's holding on
Hang on Mike
If there's one thing you're good for it's another song
You're telling me to
I put the coffee on the night before
And promise to wake up when she has to
We will start again together
Both of our minds are fresh from sleeping
For another day of dreaming
Hang on Mike
If there's one thing you're good for it's holding on
Hang on Mike
If there's one thing you're good for it's another song
Hang on Mike
If there's one thing I'm hoping for
That you'll be happy or die artistic
From self expression
In a wave of delivering it
Though you're unhappy
I still feel so lucky
Hang on...
If there's one thing you're good for it's holding on
Hang on Mike
If there's one thing you're good for it's another song
She can hear me sing from the kitchen
Trying not to blink, not to miss it
Like a tree falling in the forest
The music fills the moment
While dinner's getting colder
Hang on Mike
If there's one thing you're good for it's holding on
Hang on Mike
If there's one thing you're good for it's another song
No, my studio is not a bedroom
No, our living room is not a venue
But when I sing to you my whole world changes
When you smile at my creation
With a standing ovation, telling me to
Hang on Mike
If there's one thing you're good for it's holding on
Hang on Mike
If there's one thing you're good for it's another song
You're telling me to
I put the coffee on the night before
And promise to wake up when she has to
We will start again together
Both of our minds are fresh from sleeping
For another day of dreaming
Hang on Mike
If there's one thing you're good for it's holding on
Hang on Mike
If there's one thing you're good for it's another song
Hang on Mike
If there's one thing I'm hoping for
That you'll be happy or die artistic
From self expression
In a wave of delivering it
Though you're unhappy
I still feel so lucky
Hang on...
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Hang On Mike Lyrics as written by Michael Viola
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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