"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 say Blue - you say what
Blue - what - Blue - what
If you think I got it all,
By the way that I'm living,
Fast money on a roll,
Then I think you be mistaken.
If you think I have enough,
Got more that I'm needing,
It's not like that at all,
You don't have to believe me.
If I'm not what you're looking for,
Please tell me and I will go,
I'm not gonna waste your time,
Please tell me if you want to be mine.
[Chorus]
Got a shelf full of books so?
Got a room full of clothes so?
Got a house that I stay so?
I ain´t got you.
Got a box full of shoes so?
Got a brand new phone so?
Got the studio booked so?
I ain´t got you.
Now you know what I'm about,
And the streets that I come from,
Unreasonable doubt,
Don't tell me that you have none.
On top of the world,
Like nothing's missing,
Never thought I need a girl,
But then I found myself wishing,
If I'm not what your looking for,
Please tell me and I will go,
I'm not gonna waste your time,
Please tell me if you want to be mine.
[Chorus]
I say Blue - You say what
Blue - what - Blue - what.
I try every single day too,
Get by every night I pray too,
Survive everything I say and do.
[Chorus]
I say Blue You say what
Blue what Blue what.
Blue - what - Blue - what
If you think I got it all,
By the way that I'm living,
Fast money on a roll,
Then I think you be mistaken.
If you think I have enough,
Got more that I'm needing,
It's not like that at all,
You don't have to believe me.
If I'm not what you're looking for,
Please tell me and I will go,
I'm not gonna waste your time,
Please tell me if you want to be mine.
[Chorus]
Got a shelf full of books so?
Got a room full of clothes so?
Got a house that I stay so?
I ain´t got you.
Got a box full of shoes so?
Got a brand new phone so?
Got the studio booked so?
I ain´t got you.
Now you know what I'm about,
And the streets that I come from,
Unreasonable doubt,
Don't tell me that you have none.
On top of the world,
Like nothing's missing,
Never thought I need a girl,
But then I found myself wishing,
If I'm not what your looking for,
Please tell me and I will go,
I'm not gonna waste your time,
Please tell me if you want to be mine.
[Chorus]
I say Blue - You say what
Blue - what - Blue - what.
I try every single day too,
Get by every night I pray too,
Survive everything I say and do.
[Chorus]
I say Blue You say what
Blue what Blue what.
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