"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.
What are they gonna say
When you just move along?
We'll get you out of here
Just be strong
I thought I saw you today
I couldn't be wrong
You were caught between the lines
And you couldn't get out
It's been a few years since you left home
Do you miss your residence?
Just keep on trying and you'll get out soon
You'll get out soon
I think you're doing much better
But you say, "I fold"
You think you're oh so clever
But you say, "I fold"
You say, "I fold"
Give up and give up
And move on and move on
With the rest, with the rest of your lonely life
Have you selled yourself?
It's such a shame
The way they use you up
Destroy your name
We'll get you out of here
Just be strong
Gonna bend the life you can't get out
I think you're doing much better
But you say, "I fold"
You think you're oh so clever
But you say, "I fold"
You say, "I fold"
Give up and give up
And move on and move on
With the rest, with the rest of your lonely life
I think I'm doing much better
But you say, "I fold"
You think you're oh so clever
But you say, "I fold"
(Give up and give up and give up and give up)
You say, "I fold"
(And move on and move on)
You say, "I fold"
(With the rest, with the rest)
You say, "I fold"
When you just move along?
We'll get you out of here
Just be strong
I thought I saw you today
I couldn't be wrong
You were caught between the lines
And you couldn't get out
It's been a few years since you left home
Do you miss your residence?
Just keep on trying and you'll get out soon
You'll get out soon
I think you're doing much better
But you say, "I fold"
You think you're oh so clever
But you say, "I fold"
You say, "I fold"
Give up and give up
And move on and move on
With the rest, with the rest of your lonely life
Have you selled yourself?
It's such a shame
The way they use you up
Destroy your name
We'll get you out of here
Just be strong
Gonna bend the life you can't get out
I think you're doing much better
But you say, "I fold"
You think you're oh so clever
But you say, "I fold"
You say, "I fold"
Give up and give up
And move on and move on
With the rest, with the rest of your lonely life
I think I'm doing much better
But you say, "I fold"
You think you're oh so clever
But you say, "I fold"
(Give up and give up and give up and give up)
You say, "I fold"
(And move on and move on)
You say, "I fold"
(With the rest, with the rest)
You say, "I fold"
Lyrics submitted by thoseguiltyeyes
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