"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.
kisetsu ha iro wo kaete ikudo megurou to mo
kono kimochi ha karenai hana no you ni yurameite
kimi wo omou
kanadeau kotoba ha kokochi yoi senritsu
kimi ga soba ni iru dake de ii
hohoenda hitomi wo nakusanai tame nara
tatoe hoshi no matataki ga mienai yoru mo
furisosogu komorebi no you ni kimi wo tsutsumu
sore ha boku no tsuyoku kawaranu chikai
yume nara yume no mama de kamawanai
aisuru kagayaki ni afure asu he mukau yorokobi ha
shinjitsu dakara
The love to you is alive in me wo- every day for love
you are aside of me wo- every day.
nokosareta kanashii kioku sae sotto
kimi ha yawaragete kureru yo
hashagu you ni natsuita yawaraka na kaze ni fukarete
nabiku azayaka na kimi ga boku wo ubau
kisetsu ha iro wo kaete ikudo megurou to mo
kono kimochi ha karenai hana no you ni
yume nara yume no mama de kamawanai
aisuru kagayaki ni afure mune wo someru
itsumademo kimi wo omoi
The love to you is alive me. wo- every day for love.
You are aside of me wo- every day
kono kimochi ha karenai hana no you ni yurameite
kimi wo omou
kanadeau kotoba ha kokochi yoi senritsu
kimi ga soba ni iru dake de ii
hohoenda hitomi wo nakusanai tame nara
tatoe hoshi no matataki ga mienai yoru mo
furisosogu komorebi no you ni kimi wo tsutsumu
sore ha boku no tsuyoku kawaranu chikai
yume nara yume no mama de kamawanai
aisuru kagayaki ni afure asu he mukau yorokobi ha
shinjitsu dakara
The love to you is alive in me wo- every day for love
you are aside of me wo- every day.
nokosareta kanashii kioku sae sotto
kimi ha yawaragete kureru yo
hashagu you ni natsuita yawaraka na kaze ni fukarete
nabiku azayaka na kimi ga boku wo ubau
kisetsu ha iro wo kaete ikudo megurou to mo
kono kimochi ha karenai hana no you ni
yume nara yume no mama de kamawanai
aisuru kagayaki ni afure mune wo someru
itsumademo kimi wo omoi
The love to you is alive me. wo- every day for love.
You are aside of me wo- every day
Lyrics submitted by hidesmuseum
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