"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.
You must leave for the morning comes
Understand me my blue eyed one
I don't wish to see you gone
You see for me you are the only one
I could not leave you to their guns
Understand me blue eyed son
Every time they see you around
I can hear their lies putting you down
See the faces all over this town
Walking along with their eyes to the ground
I could not lead you onto their guns
Understand me blue eyed son
Blue eyed, Blue eyed son
Blue eyed, Blue eyed son
Blue eyed, Blue eyed son
Blue eyed, Blue eyed son
From the hallway into your room
I can see you before the moon
Understand me my blue eyed son
I do not wish to see you gone
Look away if you don't like the sound
I could not share what I have found
Blue eyed, Blue eyed son
Blue eyed, Blue eyed son
Blue eyed, Blue eyed son
Blue eyed, Blue eyed son
Understand me my blue eyed one
I don't wish to see you gone
You see for me you are the only one
I could not leave you to their guns
Understand me blue eyed son
Every time they see you around
I can hear their lies putting you down
See the faces all over this town
Walking along with their eyes to the ground
I could not lead you onto their guns
Understand me blue eyed son
Blue eyed, Blue eyed son
Blue eyed, Blue eyed son
Blue eyed, Blue eyed son
Blue eyed, Blue eyed son
From the hallway into your room
I can see you before the moon
Understand me my blue eyed son
I do not wish to see you gone
Look away if you don't like the sound
I could not share what I have found
Blue eyed, Blue eyed son
Blue eyed, Blue eyed son
Blue eyed, Blue eyed son
Blue eyed, Blue eyed son
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