"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.
Try me on
Take me home
The tags are on
It's still a loan
Warranty is in the sack
You can always take me back
Go window shopping again
Window shopping again
Scan the shelves for something red
It's different
It's brighter than the ones you had to have
They didn't last
They just fade
And you go window shopping again
Window shopping again
[Chorus]
Window shopping again
Window shopping again
There's no stopping window shopping
Window shopping again
There's miles and miles of strip mall smiles
Waiting to check you out
And all the conversations
Not so subtle invitations
But isn't that what this is all about
Oops...there's a hole in the shrink wrap
You didn't notice that
Lucky you, they'll take it back
The warranty is in the sack
Besides there's always something more
Something better...a bigger store
To go...
[Chorus]
[Repeat]
Try me on
Take me home
The tags are on
It's still a loan
The warranty is in the sack
You can always take me back
Take me home
The tags are on
It's still a loan
Warranty is in the sack
You can always take me back
Go window shopping again
Window shopping again
Scan the shelves for something red
It's different
It's brighter than the ones you had to have
They didn't last
They just fade
And you go window shopping again
Window shopping again
[Chorus]
Window shopping again
Window shopping again
There's no stopping window shopping
Window shopping again
There's miles and miles of strip mall smiles
Waiting to check you out
And all the conversations
Not so subtle invitations
But isn't that what this is all about
Oops...there's a hole in the shrink wrap
You didn't notice that
Lucky you, they'll take it back
The warranty is in the sack
Besides there's always something more
Something better...a bigger store
To go...
[Chorus]
[Repeat]
Try me on
Take me home
The tags are on
It's still a loan
The warranty is in the sack
You can always take me back
Lyrics submitted by andthewindcriesmary
Window Shopping Lyrics as written by Lisa A. Loeb Dave Richard Bassett
Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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