"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.
Hi, I'm your new neighbor get me high
If you need sugar just swing by
Late at night, you know where to find me
I'll be a servant in your dreams
Cutting some paper into shapes
And if you need a friend, knock again
I really hope I
Can be the one you lean on
Don't be shy
I will try to behave
To be quite perfect
In every way, every way
Honestly, honestly
If you hear my mental fix
Don't bang the wall
Try and make me quit
I am not God's angel
Late at night I melt my dolls
Hang them up by nooses
You're not living next door to an angel, angel
Yeah, I really thought you were aware
That I could be your worst nightmare
Say a prayer, you don't wanna hate me
And if you need a friend, knock again
I really hope I
Can be the one you lean on
Don't be shy
I will try to behave
To be quite perfect
In every way, every way
Honestly, honestly
If you hear my mental fix
Don't bang the wall
Try and make me quit
I am not God's angel
Late at night I melt my dolls
Hang them up by nooses
You're not living next door to an angel, angel
If you hear my mental fix
Don't bang the wall
Try and make me quit
I am not God's angel
Late at night I melt my dolls
Hang them up by nooses
You're not living next door to an angel, angel
If you hear my mental fix
Don't bang the wall
Try and make me quit
I am not God's angel
Late at night I melt my dolls
Hang them up by nooses
You're not living next door to an angel, angel
If you need sugar just swing by
Late at night, you know where to find me
I'll be a servant in your dreams
Cutting some paper into shapes
And if you need a friend, knock again
I really hope I
Can be the one you lean on
Don't be shy
I will try to behave
To be quite perfect
In every way, every way
Honestly, honestly
If you hear my mental fix
Don't bang the wall
Try and make me quit
I am not God's angel
Late at night I melt my dolls
Hang them up by nooses
You're not living next door to an angel, angel
Yeah, I really thought you were aware
That I could be your worst nightmare
Say a prayer, you don't wanna hate me
And if you need a friend, knock again
I really hope I
Can be the one you lean on
Don't be shy
I will try to behave
To be quite perfect
In every way, every way
Honestly, honestly
If you hear my mental fix
Don't bang the wall
Try and make me quit
I am not God's angel
Late at night I melt my dolls
Hang them up by nooses
You're not living next door to an angel, angel
If you hear my mental fix
Don't bang the wall
Try and make me quit
I am not God's angel
Late at night I melt my dolls
Hang them up by nooses
You're not living next door to an angel, angel
If you hear my mental fix
Don't bang the wall
Try and make me quit
I am not God's angel
Late at night I melt my dolls
Hang them up by nooses
You're not living next door to an angel, angel
Lyrics submitted by rockcitydrug
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