"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.
Once upon a time
Once upon a time
Once upon a time
We were young
Once upon a time
Once upon a time
Once upon a time
We were pure
And we were free
And we were free
And we were free to fly
And we were free
And we were free
And we were free to fly
Tell me it's not over now
No, it can't be over now
Why it must be over now
Tell me it's not over now
No, it can't be over now
Why it must be over now
Once upon a time
Once upon a time
Once upon a time
We were bold
Once upon a time
Once upon a time
Once upon a time
We were strong
And we were free
And we were free
And we were free to fly
And we were free
And we were free
And we were free to fly
Tell me it's not over now
No, it can't be over now
Why it must be over now
Tell me it's not over now
No, it can't be over now
Why it must be over now
Not over, not over, not over now
Not over, not over, not over now
Not over, not over, not over now
Not over, not over, not over now
Not over, not over, not over now
Not over, not over, not over now
Not over, not over, not over now
Once upon a time
Once upon a time
We were young
Once upon a time
Once upon a time
Once upon a time
We were pure
And we were free
And we were free
And we were free to fly
And we were free
And we were free
And we were free to fly
Tell me it's not over now
No, it can't be over now
Why it must be over now
Tell me it's not over now
No, it can't be over now
Why it must be over now
Once upon a time
Once upon a time
Once upon a time
We were bold
Once upon a time
Once upon a time
Once upon a time
We were strong
And we were free
And we were free
And we were free to fly
And we were free
And we were free
And we were free to fly
Tell me it's not over now
No, it can't be over now
Why it must be over now
Tell me it's not over now
No, it can't be over now
Why it must be over now
Not over, not over, not over now
Not over, not over, not over now
Not over, not over, not over now
Not over, not over, not over now
Not over, not over, not over now
Not over, not over, not over now
Not over, not over, not over now
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Once Upon a Time Lyrics as written by Vít Kouřil
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