"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.
She said be bold
You can manage that you've been told to do
So it's true
That I can keep it all and spend it too
I'll lend you a hand
You raise your voice and make a stand, and I
Saw you cry
I know they'll die, but so will you and I
She said I know but the fire in my heart will show
She said I know but the fire for this world will grow
We want it all
To be able to stand and fall and shout
Our doubts
And when the sun goes down then we stay out
And songs will be sung
In the parks by us the young your mind
So bright
When you agree with me I know I'm right
She said I know but the fire in my heart will show
She said I know but the fire for this world will grow
I don't know why I don't know why I don't know why
I don't know why I don't know why I don't know why
You care so much we're loosing touch you care too much
I don't know why I don't know why I don't know why
She said I know but the fire in my heart will show
She said I know but the fire for this world will grow
She said I know but the fire in my heart will show
She said I know but the fire for this world will grow
You can manage that you've been told to do
So it's true
That I can keep it all and spend it too
I'll lend you a hand
You raise your voice and make a stand, and I
Saw you cry
I know they'll die, but so will you and I
She said I know but the fire in my heart will show
She said I know but the fire for this world will grow
We want it all
To be able to stand and fall and shout
Our doubts
And when the sun goes down then we stay out
And songs will be sung
In the parks by us the young your mind
So bright
When you agree with me I know I'm right
She said I know but the fire in my heart will show
She said I know but the fire for this world will grow
I don't know why I don't know why I don't know why
I don't know why I don't know why I don't know why
You care so much we're loosing touch you care too much
I don't know why I don't know why I don't know why
She said I know but the fire in my heart will show
She said I know but the fire for this world will grow
She said I know but the fire in my heart will show
She said I know but the fire for this world will grow
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