"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 wrote this song in a paper bag:
Oh! MMM!
I watched my body as it disappeared
I watched my body as it disappeared whoa
I saw the blood dripping from my beard uh huh
I couldn't tell you no
I couldn't tell you no
I walk around all day inside a dream
I walk around all day inside a dream whoa
Inside your head no one will hear you scream uh huh oh no
And no (no!) one can see your face
no (no!) one can see your face no! ah ah
I'm not a monster I'm a human being
I'm not a monster I'm a human being whoa
And I'm the greatest thing you've ever seen uh huh oh oh oh
I'll be your shining star
I'll be your shining star oh oh oh!
And little babies got their headphones on tonight oh!
Play that rock and roll when mommy's gone they feel alright
And they shine so bright they shine so bright
I think they'll be alright wooo!
Don't want to grow up and become a man
Don't want to grow up and become a man no
They make you lose your face and lose your hands that's right
I'm (I'm) just a little kid
I'm (I'm) just a little kid
I don't want to work in no factory job baby
A-can you hear it out in Boston town
A-can you hear it out in Boston town whoa
I know what love is and they'll show you how ah ha
Love (is) just a little song
Love (is) just a little song ah ah ow! Woo!
And can you hear that sound of my voice on your pillow oh
I want to be that little lonely face inside you window
Don't give in no don't give in
I think that we should fight whoa!
Oh! MMM!
I watched my body as it disappeared
I watched my body as it disappeared whoa
I saw the blood dripping from my beard uh huh
I couldn't tell you no
I couldn't tell you no
I walk around all day inside a dream
I walk around all day inside a dream whoa
Inside your head no one will hear you scream uh huh oh no
And no (no!) one can see your face
no (no!) one can see your face no! ah ah
I'm not a monster I'm a human being
I'm not a monster I'm a human being whoa
And I'm the greatest thing you've ever seen uh huh oh oh oh
I'll be your shining star
I'll be your shining star oh oh oh!
And little babies got their headphones on tonight oh!
Play that rock and roll when mommy's gone they feel alright
And they shine so bright they shine so bright
I think they'll be alright wooo!
Don't want to grow up and become a man
Don't want to grow up and become a man no
They make you lose your face and lose your hands that's right
I'm (I'm) just a little kid
I'm (I'm) just a little kid
I don't want to work in no factory job baby
A-can you hear it out in Boston town
A-can you hear it out in Boston town whoa
I know what love is and they'll show you how ah ha
Love (is) just a little song
Love (is) just a little song ah ah ow! Woo!
And can you hear that sound of my voice on your pillow oh
I want to be that little lonely face inside you window
Don't give in no don't give in
I think that we should fight whoa!
Lyrics submitted by fresnosummer
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