"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.
But he would read from his prayer books
That he kept in his coat with button hooks
And I dwelt with him each day
And casted glances all his way
And he, sir, had a touch of class
With his pocket watch made out of brass
And I loved the way he smelled
Like clean clothes left on the shelf
And I would brave the harsh night air
To get to him my legionnaire
And we would flee into the woods
I always knew my boy was good
And I'd pick the whipper-wills
To give to him just for thrills
And he'd buy the gold hair pins
To give to me just for grins
And I'd brave the harsh night air
To get to him my legionnaire
And we would flee into the woods
I always knew my boy was good
Oh oh my boy was good
My boy was good
Oh my boy was good
For his goodness is what won me over
Yes my legionnaire's the kindest soldier
For his goodness is what won me over
Yes my legionnaire's the kindest soldier
Oh I would brave the harsh night air
To get to him my legionnaire
And we would flee into the woods
I always knew my boy was good
And I would brave the harsh night air
To get to him my legionnaire
That he kept in his coat with button hooks
And I dwelt with him each day
And casted glances all his way
And he, sir, had a touch of class
With his pocket watch made out of brass
And I loved the way he smelled
Like clean clothes left on the shelf
And I would brave the harsh night air
To get to him my legionnaire
And we would flee into the woods
I always knew my boy was good
And I'd pick the whipper-wills
To give to him just for thrills
And he'd buy the gold hair pins
To give to me just for grins
And I'd brave the harsh night air
To get to him my legionnaire
And we would flee into the woods
I always knew my boy was good
Oh oh my boy was good
My boy was good
Oh my boy was good
For his goodness is what won me over
Yes my legionnaire's the kindest soldier
For his goodness is what won me over
Yes my legionnaire's the kindest soldier
Oh I would brave the harsh night air
To get to him my legionnaire
And we would flee into the woods
I always knew my boy was good
And I would brave the harsh night air
To get to him my legionnaire
Lyrics submitted by kharmaprotector, edited by Twiddle
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