"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.
Warlocks in wonderland
I've gotta megatropolis in my hand
And a, subterranean marching band
Makin' noise for the man in the Vatican
And a
A little package and off we go
Oh, ticky ticky tackita tic tac toe
I know, everybody's Eskimo
We've got another thing coming
And that's our show, well
Every night I go looking for you
Everyone in the world adores you
A little pocket of something kind
To find your reason
Coming up on it everyday for
Look at me and it's what I stay for
A little locket of fantasy
That we believe in
Lilacs and contraband
I've got Santa Monica in my hand
A little, Beatlemania when I can
And I've got two big bags of old Japan
Ring side and blow-by-blow
Another, main event at the old rainbow
We're comin', right on top of the tupelo
When she looks just like Brigitte Bardot
Every night I go looking for you
Everyone in the world adores you
A little pocket of something kind
To find your reason
Coming up on it every day for
Look at me and it's what I stay for
A little locket of fantasy
That we believe in
Make a deal with Uncle Weezer
Sign your name to claim
China Chow will try to please her
Sweetness came from Jane
Warlocks in wonderland
I've gotta, Rockapotamus in my hand
With a, happy ending that's made of sand
With a little bit of lovin' is all I can
Every night I go looking for you
Everyone in the world adores you
A little pocket of something kind
To find your reason
Coming up on it every day for
Look at me and it's what I stay for
A little locket of fantasy
That we believe in
Every night I go looking for you
Everyone in the world adores you
A little pocket of something kind
To find your reason
Coming up on it every day for
Look at me and it's what I stay for
A little locket of fantasy
That we believe in
I've gotta megatropolis in my hand
And a, subterranean marching band
Makin' noise for the man in the Vatican
And a
A little package and off we go
Oh, ticky ticky tackita tic tac toe
I know, everybody's Eskimo
We've got another thing coming
And that's our show, well
Every night I go looking for you
Everyone in the world adores you
A little pocket of something kind
To find your reason
Coming up on it everyday for
Look at me and it's what I stay for
A little locket of fantasy
That we believe in
Lilacs and contraband
I've got Santa Monica in my hand
A little, Beatlemania when I can
And I've got two big bags of old Japan
Ring side and blow-by-blow
Another, main event at the old rainbow
We're comin', right on top of the tupelo
When she looks just like Brigitte Bardot
Every night I go looking for you
Everyone in the world adores you
A little pocket of something kind
To find your reason
Coming up on it every day for
Look at me and it's what I stay for
A little locket of fantasy
That we believe in
Make a deal with Uncle Weezer
Sign your name to claim
China Chow will try to please her
Sweetness came from Jane
Warlocks in wonderland
I've gotta, Rockapotamus in my hand
With a, happy ending that's made of sand
With a little bit of lovin' is all I can
Every night I go looking for you
Everyone in the world adores you
A little pocket of something kind
To find your reason
Coming up on it every day for
Look at me and it's what I stay for
A little locket of fantasy
That we believe in
Every night I go looking for you
Everyone in the world adores you
A little pocket of something kind
To find your reason
Coming up on it every day for
Look at me and it's what I stay for
A little locket of fantasy
That we believe in
Lyrics submitted by prayingmantis84
Warlocks Lyrics as written by John Anthony Frusciante Michael Balzary
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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I totally agree with JewyJewMan.
The "With a... Happy ending that's made of sand" line strikes me as the fact that his happy ending is unsure. (i.e. sand washes away).