"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.
Oh my God
Tell me this won't last forever
Tell me that I'm not alone
Tell me this will come together now
Packed my things up just the other day
Said my goodbyes to all these things I've sayed
Out in the driveway we laugh under the moon
Among my friends for now but I'll be leavin' soon
Many days from now I'm sure
I'll be back among your graces
And with you I won't pretend
No not at all, Oh
Crack the morning, up and running quick
No sleep again last night
That's the way it is
Out in the open under broken skies
I feel every foot step I see everybody's eyes
Oh and this is summer, in another world
Far from the driveway and my baby girl
Soon come the winter and with it quiet nights
And darker days and darker fights
Many days from now I'm sure
I'll be back among your faces
And with you I won't pretend
No not at all
Oh, the theater is burnin over at midnight
But never like this
Hot under the fire, the stars are a fallin
But never like this
No, I hope you never see this
Wait, wait for my love
Don't forget me never let me go
If you wait, wait for my love
I'll remember never let you go
Until I'm fine, fine, fine
Until I'm fine, fine, fine
To be back in my room
I have the same dream every night
Just me, among my things
No one else is there, there's no one left to fight, just me
Among my things
Many nights from now I know
I'll be back among your graces
Until then I'll just pretend
That I'm not cold
Oh my god, tell me this won't last forever
And tell me that I'm not alone
Tell me this will come together
Oh my God you know
Wait, wait for my love
Don't forget me never let me down
And just wait, wait for my love
I'll remember every one of you
And just wait, wait for my love
Wait, wait for my love
Wait for my love
Until I'm fine, fine, fine
Until I'm fine, fine, fine
I'll be fine, fine, fine
I'll be fine, fine, fine
Tell me this won't last forever
Tell me that I'm not alone
Tell me this will come together now
Packed my things up just the other day
Said my goodbyes to all these things I've sayed
Out in the driveway we laugh under the moon
Among my friends for now but I'll be leavin' soon
Many days from now I'm sure
I'll be back among your graces
And with you I won't pretend
No not at all, Oh
Crack the morning, up and running quick
No sleep again last night
That's the way it is
Out in the open under broken skies
I feel every foot step I see everybody's eyes
Oh and this is summer, in another world
Far from the driveway and my baby girl
Soon come the winter and with it quiet nights
And darker days and darker fights
Many days from now I'm sure
I'll be back among your faces
And with you I won't pretend
No not at all
Oh, the theater is burnin over at midnight
But never like this
Hot under the fire, the stars are a fallin
But never like this
No, I hope you never see this
Wait, wait for my love
Don't forget me never let me go
If you wait, wait for my love
I'll remember never let you go
Until I'm fine, fine, fine
Until I'm fine, fine, fine
To be back in my room
I have the same dream every night
Just me, among my things
No one else is there, there's no one left to fight, just me
Among my things
Many nights from now I know
I'll be back among your graces
Until then I'll just pretend
That I'm not cold
Oh my god, tell me this won't last forever
And tell me that I'm not alone
Tell me this will come together
Oh my God you know
Wait, wait for my love
Don't forget me never let me down
And just wait, wait for my love
I'll remember every one of you
And just wait, wait for my love
Wait, wait for my love
Wait for my love
Until I'm fine, fine, fine
Until I'm fine, fine, fine
I'll be fine, fine, fine
I'll be fine, fine, fine
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