"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 coming apart at the seams
Pitching myself for leads in other people's dreams
Like buzz, buzz, buzz
Doc, there's a hole where something was
Doc, there's a hole where something was
Fell out of bed
Butterfly bandage
But don't worry
You'll never remember
Your head is far too blurry
Put him in the back of a squad car
Restrain that man
He needs his head put through a cat scan
Hey editor, I'm undeniable
Hey doctor, I'm certifiable
Oh, I'm a loose bolt of a complete machine
What a match
I'm half doomed and you're semi-sweet
So boycott love
Detox just to retox
And I'd promise you anything for another shot at life
Imperfect boys
With their perfect ploys
Nobody wants to hear you sing about tragedy
(Wants to hear you sing about tragedy)
Ooh oh oh
Little girl
You got me staring odd, oh
Or was that just a telescopic camera nod
Painted doors in the highway
Truck stop stalls
Lot-lizards scales to deny my rules
All the rookies leave your badge and your gun on the desk, when you leave the room
I'm a loose bolt of a complete machine
What a match
I'm half doomed and you're semi-sweet
Boycott love
Detox just to retox
And I'd promise you anything for another shot at life (another shot at life)
Imperfect boys
With their perfect ploys
Nobody wants to hear you sing about tragedy
(Wants to hear your sing about tragedy) oooh
(Detox just to retox)
(Detox just to retox)
(Detox just to retox)
(Detox just to retox)
So boycott love (detox just to retox)
Boycott love (detox just to retox)
Boycott love (detox just to retox)
So boycott love (boycott love)
Detox just to retox
And I'd promise you anything for another shot at life
Imperfect boys
With their perfect ploys
Nobody wants to hear you sing about tragedy
(Wants to hear you sing)
Nobody wants to hear you sing about tragedy
(Wants to hear you sing about tragedy) whoa
Pitching myself for leads in other people's dreams
Like buzz, buzz, buzz
Doc, there's a hole where something was
Doc, there's a hole where something was
Fell out of bed
Butterfly bandage
But don't worry
You'll never remember
Your head is far too blurry
Put him in the back of a squad car
Restrain that man
He needs his head put through a cat scan
Hey editor, I'm undeniable
Hey doctor, I'm certifiable
Oh, I'm a loose bolt of a complete machine
What a match
I'm half doomed and you're semi-sweet
So boycott love
Detox just to retox
And I'd promise you anything for another shot at life
Imperfect boys
With their perfect ploys
Nobody wants to hear you sing about tragedy
(Wants to hear you sing about tragedy)
Ooh oh oh
Little girl
You got me staring odd, oh
Or was that just a telescopic camera nod
Painted doors in the highway
Truck stop stalls
Lot-lizards scales to deny my rules
All the rookies leave your badge and your gun on the desk, when you leave the room
I'm a loose bolt of a complete machine
What a match
I'm half doomed and you're semi-sweet
Boycott love
Detox just to retox
And I'd promise you anything for another shot at life (another shot at life)
Imperfect boys
With their perfect ploys
Nobody wants to hear you sing about tragedy
(Wants to hear your sing about tragedy) oooh
(Detox just to retox)
(Detox just to retox)
(Detox just to retox)
(Detox just to retox)
So boycott love (detox just to retox)
Boycott love (detox just to retox)
Boycott love (detox just to retox)
So boycott love (boycott love)
Detox just to retox
And I'd promise you anything for another shot at life
Imperfect boys
With their perfect ploys
Nobody wants to hear you sing about tragedy
(Wants to hear you sing)
Nobody wants to hear you sing about tragedy
(Wants to hear you sing about tragedy) whoa
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