"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.
It's almost time for curtain
and we still don't know our lines
been rehearsing our love in front of empty chairs
still haven't been paid a dime
opening night is here to stay
I still don't know what you're gonna say
writer quit to work in carbaret
said he couldn't move your feet of clay
It's almost time for curtain
seats are filling fast
recriminations fester
from the first row to the last
when the lights finally grow dim
will you think of him
change your character on a whim
just to stay in fighting trim
if they laugh we'll say it's a comedy
..a drama if they don't crack a smile
if they cry we'll call it a tragedy
then we'll milk the tears for a while
It's almost time for curtain
the reviewers are in place
lighting man has instructions
that they're not to see your face
your eyes grow like a balloon
and no man is immune
to the hard luck or the silver spoon
and that curtain call is coming soon
if they laugh we'll say it's a comedy
..a drama if they don't crack a smile
if they cry we'll call it a tragedy
then we'll milk the tears for a while
It's almost time for curtain
and we still don't know our lines
been rehearsing our love in front of empty chairs
still haven't been paid a dime
opening night is here to stay
I still don't know what you're gonna say
writer quit to work in carbaret
said he couldn't move your feet of clay
and we still don't know our lines
been rehearsing our love in front of empty chairs
still haven't been paid a dime
opening night is here to stay
I still don't know what you're gonna say
writer quit to work in carbaret
said he couldn't move your feet of clay
It's almost time for curtain
seats are filling fast
recriminations fester
from the first row to the last
when the lights finally grow dim
will you think of him
change your character on a whim
just to stay in fighting trim
if they laugh we'll say it's a comedy
..a drama if they don't crack a smile
if they cry we'll call it a tragedy
then we'll milk the tears for a while
It's almost time for curtain
the reviewers are in place
lighting man has instructions
that they're not to see your face
your eyes grow like a balloon
and no man is immune
to the hard luck or the silver spoon
and that curtain call is coming soon
if they laugh we'll say it's a comedy
..a drama if they don't crack a smile
if they cry we'll call it a tragedy
then we'll milk the tears for a while
It's almost time for curtain
and we still don't know our lines
been rehearsing our love in front of empty chairs
still haven't been paid a dime
opening night is here to stay
I still don't know what you're gonna say
writer quit to work in carbaret
said he couldn't move your feet of clay
Lyrics submitted by azkm
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