"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.
Try to sleep a mile in this town
stretch yourself across the bed
We can get the boys to come round
We'll watch the day decay
I remember we were reckless
Half asleep across the floor
I was young and we got restless
Oh pretty girls make graves
Do you have the nerve to ask me
What's the center of your world
I am drunk with love, set me free
Promise you won't forget
Make believe that time is resting
sorrow on a fading chair
Please be waiting where I left you
This summer's set to set
And I bet he had a habit
of pulling down the wall
and I bet he made a fine job
of bending all the rules
I go east to west in this place
my feet upon your steps
screaming louder than a gunshot
I haven't finished with you yet
Lisa wants a revolution
I can see you've had your fill
yours is just a dirty version
I'm gonna walk away
Can't you see that your big promise
Fell apart in '73
Give yourself to something honest
what makes a man today
Baby let me follow you down
Market to a lonely place
Part of us belongs to this town
Maybe I'm made to run
Baby I'm on my last chances
On the run from time to time
Sharp enough to feel so worthless
The season has come and gone
and I bet he had a habit
of pulling down the wall
and I bet he made a fine job
of bending all the rules
I go east to west in this place
my feet upon your steps
screaming louder than a gunshot
I haven't finished with you yet
and I bet he had a habit
of pulling down the wall
and I bet he made a fine job
of bending all the rules
I go east to west in this place
my feet upon your steps
screaming louder than a gunshot
I haven't finished with you yet
stretch yourself across the bed
We can get the boys to come round
We'll watch the day decay
I remember we were reckless
Half asleep across the floor
I was young and we got restless
Oh pretty girls make graves
Do you have the nerve to ask me
What's the center of your world
I am drunk with love, set me free
Promise you won't forget
Make believe that time is resting
sorrow on a fading chair
Please be waiting where I left you
This summer's set to set
And I bet he had a habit
of pulling down the wall
and I bet he made a fine job
of bending all the rules
I go east to west in this place
my feet upon your steps
screaming louder than a gunshot
I haven't finished with you yet
Lisa wants a revolution
I can see you've had your fill
yours is just a dirty version
I'm gonna walk away
Can't you see that your big promise
Fell apart in '73
Give yourself to something honest
what makes a man today
Baby let me follow you down
Market to a lonely place
Part of us belongs to this town
Maybe I'm made to run
Baby I'm on my last chances
On the run from time to time
Sharp enough to feel so worthless
The season has come and gone
and I bet he had a habit
of pulling down the wall
and I bet he made a fine job
of bending all the rules
I go east to west in this place
my feet upon your steps
screaming louder than a gunshot
I haven't finished with you yet
and I bet he had a habit
of pulling down the wall
and I bet he made a fine job
of bending all the rules
I go east to west in this place
my feet upon your steps
screaming louder than a gunshot
I haven't finished with you yet
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"Thanks to everybody who has asked about "Dirty Version": That song is actually sung by Jennifer Moore, who still sings with us occasionally. She can be heard on "Sway", "Raised by Wolves", and possibly some of the new material." - ramesh