"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'm s-I-c-k of my meaningless life
Where c-h-a-n-c-e-s pass me by
It's r-e-a-l-I-t-y
Presold, you are lady of terrible guilt
That's not my I-d-e-a of f-r-e-e will
It's r-e-a-l-I-t-y
Mr. c-o-o-l at all the shows
Your a-t-t-I-d-u-d-e is old
This is r-e-a-l-I-t-y
And you might ask why
Nothings ever how it seems
I think I knew more when I was thirteen
When did life get so real?
And now I feel like I'm losing my mind
And I used to think all the time
And now thinking hurts and feeling is worse
I liked reality better when it was a dream
This is r-e-a-l-I-t-y
Where c-h-a-n-c-e-s pass me by
It's r-e-a-l-I-t-y
Presold, you are lady of terrible guilt
That's not my I-d-e-a of f-r-e-e will
It's r-e-a-l-I-t-y
Mr. c-o-o-l at all the shows
Your a-t-t-I-d-u-d-e is old
This is r-e-a-l-I-t-y
And you might ask why
Nothings ever how it seems
I think I knew more when I was thirteen
When did life get so real?
And now I feel like I'm losing my mind
And I used to think all the time
And now thinking hurts and feeling is worse
I liked reality better when it was a dream
This is r-e-a-l-I-t-y
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