"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.
Is it any wonder
That you have fallen down on your knees
You better take cover
It's gonna spread around like a disease
Now you're going under
You got caught running from the scene
You better take cover
It's gonna take you down like a disease
Gonna make you suffer
Face up to your responsibilities
Is it any wonder
That you've fallen down on your knees
On your knees
On your knees
And there's a black waiting for the moment to strike
Crossing your path at the dead of midnight
A black cat waiting for the moment to strike
I know you can't explain
Why you take more than you need
Looking for someone to blame
But you are blinded by what you see
The seeds you've sown
Prove to be nothing more than weeds
And the life you've known
Won't be he same as it used to be
Used to be
Used to be
What you get isn't always what you see
And there's a black waiting for the moment to strike
Crossing your path at the dead of midnight
A black cat waiting for the moment to strike
And there's a black waiting for the moment to strike
Maybe next time you'd better think twice
And there's a black waiting for the moment to strike
And there's a black waiting for the moment to strike
Crossing your path at the dead of midnight
A black cat waiting for the moment to strike
And there's a black waiting for the moment to strike
Maybe next time you'd better think twice
A black waiting for the moment to strike
That you have fallen down on your knees
You better take cover
It's gonna spread around like a disease
Now you're going under
You got caught running from the scene
You better take cover
It's gonna take you down like a disease
Gonna make you suffer
Face up to your responsibilities
Is it any wonder
That you've fallen down on your knees
On your knees
On your knees
And there's a black waiting for the moment to strike
Crossing your path at the dead of midnight
A black cat waiting for the moment to strike
I know you can't explain
Why you take more than you need
Looking for someone to blame
But you are blinded by what you see
The seeds you've sown
Prove to be nothing more than weeds
And the life you've known
Won't be he same as it used to be
Used to be
Used to be
What you get isn't always what you see
And there's a black waiting for the moment to strike
Crossing your path at the dead of midnight
A black cat waiting for the moment to strike
And there's a black waiting for the moment to strike
Maybe next time you'd better think twice
And there's a black waiting for the moment to strike
And there's a black waiting for the moment to strike
Crossing your path at the dead of midnight
A black cat waiting for the moment to strike
And there's a black waiting for the moment to strike
Maybe next time you'd better think twice
A black waiting for the moment to strike
Lyrics submitted by TheJackOfSpoons
Black Cat Lyrics as written by Scott Bradley Owen Christopher John Cheney
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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