"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.
Well all this time I guess I wished that I had the time to say goodbye
She's a ruby and I liked red, until I disappeared a little too well.
I guess I should have kissed her
that one night when she was leaning in
I guess I should a lot of things, huh?
But Maurine, I can't come to your party, 'cause I think that I'm dead
All through the tunnel, and onto the tram
I wonder what it's like when your hands stop this shaking
It's as cloudy as I dreamt it would be
It's as empty as I thought it would be
I hope it goes well
I hope your dad's good
I hope you've got presents
That make you pretty happy
I hope you grow old and
I hope that you find somebody nice
But Maurine, I can't come to your party, 'cause I think that I'm dead
She's a ruby and I liked red, until I disappeared a little too well.
I guess I should have kissed her
that one night when she was leaning in
I guess I should a lot of things, huh?
But Maurine, I can't come to your party, 'cause I think that I'm dead
All through the tunnel, and onto the tram
I wonder what it's like when your hands stop this shaking
It's as cloudy as I dreamt it would be
It's as empty as I thought it would be
I hope it goes well
I hope your dad's good
I hope you've got presents
That make you pretty happy
I hope you grow old and
I hope that you find somebody nice
But Maurine, I can't come to your party, 'cause I think that I'm dead
Lyrics submitted by Premaximum, edited by Deere
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I have some different ideas about the lyrics. -disappeared not disappear it -that one night, instead of i wont deny it -on to the track, instead of tram
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