"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.
Well, what do we have here Daddy
The lights are quickly changing
Will I leave your heart along with
The phone lines you're erasing
A spineless ending
Well, who would have guessed dear daddy
Turned out to be a coward
When I turned my back you cut my throat
It bled for hours
Was that your power
You, you're the lovely victim again
You, well your heart is breaking
You are the only one let down
Are you really now
Well, soon here we'll have dear Daddy
With the next one on her knees
And she's gonna call him daddy
Like the rest of them, like me
How easy it will be Replacing me
And what's that I hear now Daddy
You're blaming it all on me
Another she did you wrong
And of course you had to leave
And the yes men will agree
You gave it everything
You with the advisors in your ear
You did everything right it's clear
I know I begged you to stay around
But I'm gone now
Well, here's to you my darling leave
You're stubborn and you're free
And of course, right
I don't respect the way you leave
You can be no friend to me
I'll say goodbye
You, you're the lovely victim again
You, well your heart is breaking
You are the only one let down
Are you really now
You with the advisors in your ear
You did everything right it's clear
I know I begged you to stay around
But I'm gone now
The lights are quickly changing
Will I leave your heart along with
The phone lines you're erasing
A spineless ending
Well, who would have guessed dear daddy
Turned out to be a coward
When I turned my back you cut my throat
It bled for hours
Was that your power
You, you're the lovely victim again
You, well your heart is breaking
You are the only one let down
Are you really now
Well, soon here we'll have dear Daddy
With the next one on her knees
And she's gonna call him daddy
Like the rest of them, like me
How easy it will be Replacing me
And what's that I hear now Daddy
You're blaming it all on me
Another she did you wrong
And of course you had to leave
And the yes men will agree
You gave it everything
You with the advisors in your ear
You did everything right it's clear
I know I begged you to stay around
But I'm gone now
Well, here's to you my darling leave
You're stubborn and you're free
And of course, right
I don't respect the way you leave
You can be no friend to me
I'll say goodbye
You, you're the lovely victim again
You, well your heart is breaking
You are the only one let down
Are you really now
You with the advisors in your ear
You did everything right it's clear
I know I begged you to stay around
But I'm gone now
Lyrics submitted by Punkass1320
Gone Lyrics as written by Diego Sandrin
Lyrics © Abkco Music Inc.
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