"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.
So you could tell me
That you weren’t thinking the same thing
Just let it go
It seemed okay
Then you never returned my calls
Why should I even bother?
Nothing is going to happen
You just sit by the phone
Thinking every 3 seconds it will ring
Standing tonight up
Waiting and waiting for this child yeah
And maybe we’re growing distant
But she keeps pulling you in
But I remember the golden time
So is that how it goes?
Blow me away like the boat you see me as
Going further and further away from shore
And you’re going bye by her crystal eyes
And maybe we’re growing distant
Or she keeps pulling you in
She’s got her own ways being there
That’s why blood is thicker than water
So I thought I remember
But I but looks like you’re too good for me
Let me tell you, brother
You’re nothing without me
Your were always there right by my side
Trying to be like me every day
Let me tell you again
You always looked up to me for everything
Trying to be just like me
Find your own identity
You always looked up to me for everything
Trying to be like me
Find your own identity
That you weren’t thinking the same thing
Just let it go
It seemed okay
Then you never returned my calls
Why should I even bother?
Nothing is going to happen
You just sit by the phone
Thinking every 3 seconds it will ring
Standing tonight up
Waiting and waiting for this child yeah
And maybe we’re growing distant
But she keeps pulling you in
But I remember the golden time
So is that how it goes?
Blow me away like the boat you see me as
Going further and further away from shore
And you’re going bye by her crystal eyes
And maybe we’re growing distant
Or she keeps pulling you in
She’s got her own ways being there
That’s why blood is thicker than water
So I thought I remember
But I but looks like you’re too good for me
Let me tell you, brother
You’re nothing without me
Your were always there right by my side
Trying to be like me every day
Let me tell you again
You always looked up to me for everything
Trying to be just like me
Find your own identity
You always looked up to me for everything
Trying to be like me
Find your own identity
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