"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.
I don't know how we're created
But I know that I know we all die, know we all die
Go pick up all your tools, build a roof
I'll pick up all mine, build one too
I just do as I do
Yeah, I do as I please
And that's all I can do
I don't know how we're created
But I know that I know we all die, know we all die
Listen to the cars just passing through
Help out all those friends that helped you too
You just do as you do
Yeah, you do as you please
And that's all you can do
That's all you can do
I don't know how we're created
But I know that I know we all die, know we all die
Open up your arms and hold onto
Everything you own that owns you too
And just let it all go
'Cause we do as we please
And that's all we can do
That's all we can do
I don't know how we're created
But I know that I know we all die, know we all die
And that's all we can do
But I know that I know we all die, know we all die
Go pick up all your tools, build a roof
I'll pick up all mine, build one too
I just do as I do
Yeah, I do as I please
And that's all I can do
I don't know how we're created
But I know that I know we all die, know we all die
Listen to the cars just passing through
Help out all those friends that helped you too
You just do as you do
Yeah, you do as you please
And that's all you can do
That's all you can do
I don't know how we're created
But I know that I know we all die, know we all die
Open up your arms and hold onto
Everything you own that owns you too
And just let it all go
'Cause we do as we please
And that's all we can do
That's all we can do
I don't know how we're created
But I know that I know we all die, know we all die
And that's all we can do
Lyrics submitted by lendmeyourbrain
Created Lyrics as written by John Baldwin Gourley
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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well said