"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.
Do you want me or not?
'Cause I'm not your sister
Give it away
I'd tell you to buy it
She's a bad girl
Misbehavior
I'm not rich
I'm not stable
Everyone else is so mean and ugly
But I'll be ok if you wanna sing it with me
I don't need no pill
I don't need no battery
'Cause if I get tired I know you can sing it for me
Do you want me or not?
'Cause I'm not your sister
Give it away
I'd tell you to buy it
She's a bad girl
Misbehavior
I'm not rich
I'm not stable
Everyone else is so mean and ugly
But I'll be ok if you wanna sing it with me
I don't need no pill
I don't need no battery
'Cause if I get tired I know you can sing it for me
Everyone else is so mean and ugly
But I'll be ok if you wanna sing it with me
I don't need no pill
I don't need no battery
'Cause if I get tired I know you can sing it for me
'Cause I'm not your sister
Give it away
I'd tell you to buy it
She's a bad girl
Misbehavior
I'm not rich
I'm not stable
Everyone else is so mean and ugly
But I'll be ok if you wanna sing it with me
I don't need no pill
I don't need no battery
'Cause if I get tired I know you can sing it for me
Do you want me or not?
'Cause I'm not your sister
Give it away
I'd tell you to buy it
She's a bad girl
Misbehavior
I'm not rich
I'm not stable
Everyone else is so mean and ugly
But I'll be ok if you wanna sing it with me
I don't need no pill
I don't need no battery
'Cause if I get tired I know you can sing it for me
Everyone else is so mean and ugly
But I'll be ok if you wanna sing it with me
I don't need no pill
I don't need no battery
'Cause if I get tired I know you can sing it for me
Lyrics submitted by darianess
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