"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.
Ladies and gentlemen
Boys and girls
Step right up, step right up
Come closer, you won't believe your eyes
Behind this curtain
Witness something you've never seen before
Heard before, dreamt before
The most amazing show on earth
La la la la la la la
It's the most amazing show on earth
La la la la la la la
Do you want to be widely entertained
People to know your name?
Do you crave fame?
Well, they say things aren't always what they seem to be
Even your greatest fantasies
You won't believe your eyes
Won't even recognize
The wonderment that lies
Behind the shimmer and the lights
Is it true what they say?
Is it all just fun and games?
Or is there more behind the makeup
And the faces full of paint?
I ask you, do you want to come and play?
Ha ha ha ha
Get the world to come and play
Ha ha ha ha
So sit back, relax, fasten your seat belts
It's going to be a bumpy ride to the other side
Boys and girls
Step right up, step right up
Come closer, you won't believe your eyes
Behind this curtain
Witness something you've never seen before
Heard before, dreamt before
The most amazing show on earth
La la la la la la la
It's the most amazing show on earth
La la la la la la la
Do you want to be widely entertained
People to know your name?
Do you crave fame?
Well, they say things aren't always what they seem to be
Even your greatest fantasies
You won't believe your eyes
Won't even recognize
The wonderment that lies
Behind the shimmer and the lights
Is it true what they say?
Is it all just fun and games?
Or is there more behind the makeup
And the faces full of paint?
I ask you, do you want to come and play?
Ha ha ha ha
Get the world to come and play
Ha ha ha ha
So sit back, relax, fasten your seat belts
It's going to be a bumpy ride to the other side
Lyrics submitted by Tangerine74
Enter the Circus Lyrics as written by Christina Aguilera Linda Perry
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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i think that it means that everywhere i a circus, and so its inviting you to join in and let yourself go :)