"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 wake up,
Didn't know what was going on,
Pictures of home,
Repeated again and again,
Electrical problems,
What they said on CNN,
Electrical problems,
Repeated again and again,
I tried to call your phone,
But the network was down,
Something's happening,
There was no one around,
So I tried your friends, but
their not answering,
Just pick up the phone,
Tell me your okay, just a text anyway,
What's happening?
I try your friends,but their not answering,
Oh what do yours constitute with sparked,
Lights were out I couldn't tell if you were on,
TV's on, Tom Cruise crying on his father's bed,
Reminds me what that French guy said,
From news to movies all the crap with it,
Headlines keep you excited,
Like when Tom Cruise cries,
It's all lies,
I tried to call your phone,
But the network was down,
Something's happening,
There was no one around,
So I tried your friends, but their not answering,
Just pick up the phone,
Tell me your okay, just a text anyway,
What's happening?
I try your friends, but their not answering,
[Repeat: x4]
I tried to call your phone,
But the networks down,
Are you just not answering?
Didn't know what was going on,
Pictures of home,
Repeated again and again,
Electrical problems,
What they said on CNN,
Electrical problems,
Repeated again and again,
I tried to call your phone,
But the network was down,
Something's happening,
There was no one around,
So I tried your friends, but
their not answering,
Just pick up the phone,
Tell me your okay, just a text anyway,
What's happening?
I try your friends,but their not answering,
Oh what do yours constitute with sparked,
Lights were out I couldn't tell if you were on,
TV's on, Tom Cruise crying on his father's bed,
Reminds me what that French guy said,
From news to movies all the crap with it,
Headlines keep you excited,
Like when Tom Cruise cries,
It's all lies,
I tried to call your phone,
But the network was down,
Something's happening,
There was no one around,
So I tried your friends, but their not answering,
Just pick up the phone,
Tell me your okay, just a text anyway,
What's happening?
I try your friends, but their not answering,
[Repeat: x4]
I tried to call your phone,
But the networks down,
Are you just not answering?
Lyrics submitted by SecretMachine, edited by Naota391, billted94
When Tom Cruise Cries Lyrics as written by James Horn-smith Alan Donohoe
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Surely that line actually is:
"I walked to yours cause the tube was f*cked"