"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.
The time is right to make a change
To realize it ain't the same
The time is right to make a change
To realize today's the day
In my life I search for truth
What am I supposed to do?
Where am I going to?
Where am I going to?
I tried to leave it
Tried to believe it
Where am I?
This is only a test
The time is right to cross the line
To purify deep inside
The time is right to leave a stain
To make a mark, today's the day
In my life I search for clues
What am I supposed to do?
Why can't you understand?
Times are changing, rearranging
Why can't you understand?
My head is shaking, rearranging
The time is right to make a change
And realize it ain't the same
To realize it ain't the same
The time is right to make a change
To realize today's the day
In my life I search for truth
What am I supposed to do?
Where am I going to?
Where am I going to?
I tried to leave it
Tried to believe it
Where am I?
This is only a test
The time is right to cross the line
To purify deep inside
The time is right to leave a stain
To make a mark, today's the day
In my life I search for clues
What am I supposed to do?
Why can't you understand?
Times are changing, rearranging
Why can't you understand?
My head is shaking, rearranging
The time is right to make a change
And realize it ain't the same
Lyrics submitted by tigran
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