"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.
The fear sets in, of knowing how short our time is
The shortness of stride,
not a single excuse to prove that we were meant for this
Everything starts to spin all at once
If you hear something strange in my voice oh its conviction
Detest my words they have no ill meaning
Run your fingers back and forth over this sheet of paper
So where's the heart?
Its not coming through
Who is this for?
So where's the heart?
If you hear something strange in my voice oh its conviction
Detest my words they have no I'll meaning
Were caught between the storms that never mattered
Oh dear puppet wake up and cut the strings before the next show
I believe that this is in your blood,
by all means take your place, take your place
Put yourself into this letter
We've all had it alright
We dropped the ball.
The shortness of stride,
not a single excuse to prove that we were meant for this
Everything starts to spin all at once
If you hear something strange in my voice oh its conviction
Detest my words they have no ill meaning
Run your fingers back and forth over this sheet of paper
So where's the heart?
Its not coming through
Who is this for?
So where's the heart?
If you hear something strange in my voice oh its conviction
Detest my words they have no I'll meaning
Were caught between the storms that never mattered
Oh dear puppet wake up and cut the strings before the next show
I believe that this is in your blood,
by all means take your place, take your place
Put yourself into this letter
We've all had it alright
We dropped the ball.
Lyrics submitted by Street Spirit
Just Another Marionette Lyrics as written by Ernest White Brian Mcternan
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
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