"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.
Am I the one you see in your so-called nightmares?
Wake up and dance, dance to the beat of the drama.
Since beggars can't be choosers, I'll play the victim while you play the fool.
This one goes out on, this one goes out on popular demand.
So hit me back, here's another track you can count on losing.
So take that, here's our plan of attack so count on bruising.
We are the ones you've named the, the unaccepted.
Wake up and dance, dance to the beat of the drama.
Since liars can be bruisers, you'll play the victim while we play the fool.
Tonight this goes out on the shelves because of popular demand.
[Repeat: x5]
So hit me back, here's another track you can count on losing.
So take that, here's our plan of attack so count on bruising.
Wake up and dance, dance to the beat of the drama.
Since beggars can't be choosers, I'll play the victim while you play the fool.
This one goes out on, this one goes out on popular demand.
So hit me back, here's another track you can count on losing.
So take that, here's our plan of attack so count on bruising.
We are the ones you've named the, the unaccepted.
Wake up and dance, dance to the beat of the drama.
Since liars can be bruisers, you'll play the victim while we play the fool.
Tonight this goes out on the shelves because of popular demand.
[Repeat: x5]
So hit me back, here's another track you can count on losing.
So take that, here's our plan of attack so count on bruising.
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La Rivalita Lyrics as written by Joseph Matthew Lussa Daniel James Stevens
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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