"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.
Friday morning when she walked out the door
She couldn't take anymore, so she tried to ignore
Her daddy, he wanted to settle the score
For all the little meetings he had had before
All the secrets started taking their toll
Making daddy more bold, but it was bruising her soul
He didn't know that she had already told
Her mother already knows and now the drama unfolds
And she saysâ?¦
(Chorus)
You're my angel in disguise
You look at me with gentle eyes
You're my angel in disguise
You save me from that one last cry
It's Friday evening and he's at it again
Another hour and then all the pressure begins
Phone keeps ringing so he finally gives in
To hear the voice of his wife asking where have you been?
He tells her I'll be home as soon as I can
So tuck the kids into bed cause time has slipped through my hands
I'm positive she says she loves him again, but it finally sets in
That she's always beenâ?¦
Chorus X 2
It's Friday morning and she walks through the door
All those thoughts from before
She no longer ignored
She's finally home, she sets her bags on the floor
But her mother wasn't there to hold her hand anymore
She heard her daddy he was calling her name
She went back to his room, but he just wasn't the same
He said I'm sorry for the tears that you've cried
Will you ever forgive me?
(She said) I've already tried
You're my angel in disguise
You look at me with gentle eyes
You're my angel in disguise
You save me from that one last cry
You're my angel in disguise
You can look at me with gentle eyes
You're my angel in disguise
She couldn't take anymore, so she tried to ignore
Her daddy, he wanted to settle the score
For all the little meetings he had had before
All the secrets started taking their toll
Making daddy more bold, but it was bruising her soul
He didn't know that she had already told
Her mother already knows and now the drama unfolds
And she saysâ?¦
(Chorus)
You're my angel in disguise
You look at me with gentle eyes
You're my angel in disguise
You save me from that one last cry
It's Friday evening and he's at it again
Another hour and then all the pressure begins
Phone keeps ringing so he finally gives in
To hear the voice of his wife asking where have you been?
He tells her I'll be home as soon as I can
So tuck the kids into bed cause time has slipped through my hands
I'm positive she says she loves him again, but it finally sets in
That she's always beenâ?¦
Chorus X 2
It's Friday morning and she walks through the door
All those thoughts from before
She no longer ignored
She's finally home, she sets her bags on the floor
But her mother wasn't there to hold her hand anymore
She heard her daddy he was calling her name
She went back to his room, but he just wasn't the same
He said I'm sorry for the tears that you've cried
Will you ever forgive me?
(She said) I've already tried
You're my angel in disguise
You look at me with gentle eyes
You're my angel in disguise
You save me from that one last cry
You're my angel in disguise
You can look at me with gentle eyes
You're my angel in disguise
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