"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.
Someway, somehow
I need to get back to a place where I feel safe
Get my body back on the track
I'll keep going 'cause I can't wait
Circling the country, running on empty
Need another crowd, feeling so lonely
Moving too fast, breathing too slowly
Bury it all, time to only
Stay somewhere for longer than a sundown
To rest my eyes
And firmly can keep both feet on the ground
I close my eyes
Take me there, anywhere away
Feels like heaven, baby
'Cause all that we need
Is the courage to breathe
To write a page full of words
I wear my heart on my sleeve
A moment to sleep
In the safety of our dreams
Now I'm okay
I need somebody, someone right now
To tell me I'm okay
I'm doing this thing all right
Making progress everyday
Circling the country, running on empty
Need another crowd, feeling so lonely
Moving too fast, breathing too slowly
Bury it all, time to only
Stay somewhere for longer than a sundown
To rest my eyes
And firmly can keep both feet on the ground
I close my eyes
Take me there, anywhere away
Feels like heaven, baby
'Cause all that we need
Is the courage to breathe
To write a page full of words
I wear my heart on my sleeve
A moment to sleep
In the safety of our dreams
Now I'm okay
(So listen up)
Let's give it all we got
Come on, baby
(Let's give it all we got)
Let's give it all we got
They can't take everything away
Take everything away
'Cause all that we need
Is the courage to breathe
To write a page full of words
I wear my heart on my sleeve
A moment to sleep
In the safety of our dreams
Now I'm okay
I need to get back to a place where I feel safe
Get my body back on the track
I'll keep going 'cause I can't wait
Circling the country, running on empty
Need another crowd, feeling so lonely
Moving too fast, breathing too slowly
Bury it all, time to only
Stay somewhere for longer than a sundown
To rest my eyes
And firmly can keep both feet on the ground
I close my eyes
Take me there, anywhere away
Feels like heaven, baby
'Cause all that we need
Is the courage to breathe
To write a page full of words
I wear my heart on my sleeve
A moment to sleep
In the safety of our dreams
Now I'm okay
I need somebody, someone right now
To tell me I'm okay
I'm doing this thing all right
Making progress everyday
Circling the country, running on empty
Need another crowd, feeling so lonely
Moving too fast, breathing too slowly
Bury it all, time to only
Stay somewhere for longer than a sundown
To rest my eyes
And firmly can keep both feet on the ground
I close my eyes
Take me there, anywhere away
Feels like heaven, baby
'Cause all that we need
Is the courage to breathe
To write a page full of words
I wear my heart on my sleeve
A moment to sleep
In the safety of our dreams
Now I'm okay
(So listen up)
Let's give it all we got
Come on, baby
(Let's give it all we got)
Let's give it all we got
They can't take everything away
Take everything away
'Cause all that we need
Is the courage to breathe
To write a page full of words
I wear my heart on my sleeve
A moment to sleep
In the safety of our dreams
Now I'm okay
Lyrics submitted by thoseguiltyeyes
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