"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.
With friends like you, who needs enemies?
You ain't right, you ain't never gonna be
You're out of the car; I'm afraid you've been declined
You shake my hand while you're pissing on my leg
I'm cuttin' you loose; I don't need this misery
Your soul is toxic, you ain't no friend of mine
You talk real trash when I'm not around
To build yourself up, you gotta to tear me down
You'll have to excuse me; I've got better things to do
You smile through your teeth, you talk out your neck
Every chance you get you're gonna stab my back
Your time's run out; I've got nothing left for you
[Chorus:]
I'm leaving you far behind
I'm leaving you far behind
Stop wasting all of my time
I'm leaving you far behind
So I'm pulling out the weeds, I'm taking stock
You can talk the talk, but can't walk the walk
Your narcissistic ways have gotten the best of you
So I'm leaving you to sink in all your glory
For you and me it's the end of the story
Get out of my way; I've got better things to do
[Chorus x 3]
With friends like you, who needs enemies?
It means you ain't right, you ain't never going...
Your soul is toxic, you ain't no friend of mine
You ain't right, you ain't never gonna be
You're out of the car; I'm afraid you've been declined
You shake my hand while you're pissing on my leg
I'm cuttin' you loose; I don't need this misery
Your soul is toxic, you ain't no friend of mine
You talk real trash when I'm not around
To build yourself up, you gotta to tear me down
You'll have to excuse me; I've got better things to do
You smile through your teeth, you talk out your neck
Every chance you get you're gonna stab my back
Your time's run out; I've got nothing left for you
[Chorus:]
I'm leaving you far behind
I'm leaving you far behind
Stop wasting all of my time
I'm leaving you far behind
So I'm pulling out the weeds, I'm taking stock
You can talk the talk, but can't walk the walk
Your narcissistic ways have gotten the best of you
So I'm leaving you to sink in all your glory
For you and me it's the end of the story
Get out of my way; I've got better things to do
[Chorus x 3]
With friends like you, who needs enemies?
It means you ain't right, you ain't never going...
Your soul is toxic, you ain't no friend of mine
Lyrics submitted by goodincama, edited by Tig45
Far Behind Lyrics as written by Michael Ness
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Downtown Music Publishing
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