"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.
Its just a crush, a terrible fixation you'll end up overrun
I admire your effort its brave, but I'm crazier then crazy, I've stared at the sun
It's all a mistake someone mixed up our names, and I was shot in little Johny's place
Somewhere there's a quiver missing an arrow, and a myth laughing in my face
[chorus]
So hold me now. I couldn't wait it out
If there's one thing I'm good for I'm good for nothing
So put me down. That's what I'm all about
If you want me to stay its gotta' be all or nothing
It's getting weirder, it's getting weirder she put me down
Fear her I've come to fear her, I'll shut her out
Better its any better
Never I swore Id never!
Put me under that microscope doctor
I want to see my brains
It's a party it's a celebration
The whole hospital was saved
Give me that scalpel you doctor assassins
Let them die on their own
And patch them up with a colorful band aid
To make them feel at home
Don't you see what you're doing is cruel,
I told you I don't know how to have a friend
Give me a call when you graduate school,
We'll talk to forever and back again
How do you kiss the most beautiful girl in the world, without getting maced
Winning her over is next to impossible its a never ending chase
[Chorus]
Four score and seven years ago,
was my very fist case of a broken heart
Continuing traditions that my childhood made,
I'm sticking with my story of a tragic start
Harnessing the echoes of a troubled past, I'm sleeping in the local saloon
Stealing his girlfriend then kicking his trash, I'm avenging rocky raccoon!
I admire your effort its brave, but I'm crazier then crazy, I've stared at the sun
It's all a mistake someone mixed up our names, and I was shot in little Johny's place
Somewhere there's a quiver missing an arrow, and a myth laughing in my face
[chorus]
So hold me now. I couldn't wait it out
If there's one thing I'm good for I'm good for nothing
So put me down. That's what I'm all about
If you want me to stay its gotta' be all or nothing
It's getting weirder, it's getting weirder she put me down
Fear her I've come to fear her, I'll shut her out
Better its any better
Never I swore Id never!
Put me under that microscope doctor
I want to see my brains
It's a party it's a celebration
The whole hospital was saved
Give me that scalpel you doctor assassins
Let them die on their own
And patch them up with a colorful band aid
To make them feel at home
Don't you see what you're doing is cruel,
I told you I don't know how to have a friend
Give me a call when you graduate school,
We'll talk to forever and back again
How do you kiss the most beautiful girl in the world, without getting maced
Winning her over is next to impossible its a never ending chase
[Chorus]
Four score and seven years ago,
was my very fist case of a broken heart
Continuing traditions that my childhood made,
I'm sticking with my story of a tragic start
Harnessing the echoes of a troubled past, I'm sleeping in the local saloon
Stealing his girlfriend then kicking his trash, I'm avenging rocky raccoon!
Lyrics submitted by Teardrop Fanflower
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