"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.
I'm going down, it's crazy
Getting cream from a man in leather
But if that ain't high enough, What can I do?
He told me, "Son you better try this
Turns you on while you're asleep,
But if that ain't well enough I'll give you more."
And I, I open my mind today
From New York City down to San Francisco Bay
I'm going down, it's crazy
Getting cream from a man in leather
But if that ain't high enough, What can I do?
Well, I'm seeing red and blue lights
Seeing trains from another planet
But if that ain't weird enough, what can I do?
And I ain't goin' down like that
No, I ain't goin' down like that
I'm just breathing 'till the air gets fresh again
And I, I'm sending my mind today
From New York City down to San Francisco Bay
I'm seeing red and blue lights
Seeing trains from another planet
But if that ain't weird enough, what can I do?
Getting cream from a man in leather
But if that ain't high enough, What can I do?
He told me, "Son you better try this
Turns you on while you're asleep,
But if that ain't well enough I'll give you more."
And I, I open my mind today
From New York City down to San Francisco Bay
I'm going down, it's crazy
Getting cream from a man in leather
But if that ain't high enough, What can I do?
Well, I'm seeing red and blue lights
Seeing trains from another planet
But if that ain't weird enough, what can I do?
And I ain't goin' down like that
No, I ain't goin' down like that
I'm just breathing 'till the air gets fresh again
And I, I'm sending my mind today
From New York City down to San Francisco Bay
I'm seeing red and blue lights
Seeing trains from another planet
But if that ain't weird enough, what can I do?
Lyrics submitted by hyper_hyo
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