"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 other day my neighbor has a dented bike
Second day he called me from intensive care
Says he needs a picture of the dented bike
For the evidence of what a wreck he had
Accident
Accident
Lift that fork, eat that snail
Garcon summon up a new cocktail
Lift that fork, eat that snail
Garcon summon up a new cocktail
Crash my bicycle
Crash my bicycle
In a big South Carolina wreck
I crash my bicyle
Crash my bicycle
Crash my bicycle
In a big South Carolina wreck
I crash my bicyle
And I won some damages and they were punitive
By which I mean the punishment was damaging
It crushed my hand
It crushed my head
Garcon, where's my drink?
Wreck!
Observe the front wheel spinning upside down
Wreck!
The red reflector fragments strewn around
Wreck!
The back wheel's 'O' is now a letter 'D'
Wreck!
I was an 'I' and now I am a 'V'
Lift that fork, eat that snail
Garcon summon up a new cocktail
Lift that fork, eat that snail
Garcon summon up a new cocktail
Crash my bicycle
Crash my bicycle
In a big South Carolina wreck
I crash my bicyle
Crash my bicycle
Crash my bicycle
In a big South Carolina wreck
I crash my bicyle
If I had to do it all again, by bicycle
If I had to do it, I would crash my bicycle
I'd crush my head
Collect the bread
Crash my bicycle
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
Fork (fork)
Snail (snail)
Garcon (garcon)
Cocktail (cocktail)
Fork (fork)
Snail (snail)
Garcon (garcon)
Cocktail (cocktail)
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
Second day he called me from intensive care
Says he needs a picture of the dented bike
For the evidence of what a wreck he had
Accident
Accident
Lift that fork, eat that snail
Garcon summon up a new cocktail
Lift that fork, eat that snail
Garcon summon up a new cocktail
Crash my bicycle
Crash my bicycle
In a big South Carolina wreck
I crash my bicyle
Crash my bicycle
Crash my bicycle
In a big South Carolina wreck
I crash my bicyle
And I won some damages and they were punitive
By which I mean the punishment was damaging
It crushed my hand
It crushed my head
Garcon, where's my drink?
Wreck!
Observe the front wheel spinning upside down
Wreck!
The red reflector fragments strewn around
Wreck!
The back wheel's 'O' is now a letter 'D'
Wreck!
I was an 'I' and now I am a 'V'
Lift that fork, eat that snail
Garcon summon up a new cocktail
Lift that fork, eat that snail
Garcon summon up a new cocktail
Crash my bicycle
Crash my bicycle
In a big South Carolina wreck
I crash my bicyle
Crash my bicycle
Crash my bicycle
In a big South Carolina wreck
I crash my bicyle
If I had to do it all again, by bicycle
If I had to do it, I would crash my bicycle
I'd crush my head
Collect the bread
Crash my bicycle
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
Fork (fork)
Snail (snail)
Garcon (garcon)
Cocktail (cocktail)
Fork (fork)
Snail (snail)
Garcon (garcon)
Cocktail (cocktail)
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
Move around folks
Push her back there, move along
Show's over, folks
Let him breathe, step lively
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