"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.
Rope's been cut
Sailing away
No more raining on our sunny days
They're way too bossy and downright mean
I won't let them toss scary thoughts in your dreams
How could they think what was wrong was right
They're always coming at us looking for a fight
We wanna live in peace
And they're loving their war
But you know me, shit you know me
I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I say we ditch them baby
I,I,I-I,I,I say those kids are losers baby
Sad souls
Double-dumb
Hate it when they 'shh, shh'
You so alive
Triple fly / Crazy fly
Make me feel so good.
I,I,I - I,I,I say we're what's important baby.
So what can I sing to you that I don't
whisper to you every night?
I found that beat that keeps you
moving all night, that God.
I know yeah, I know yeah
To look through my eyes it must be tough
But, gaze in that mirror girl
'Cause that's the only thing I love
Line them up, line them up
Say the word
I'll push 'em around for you
I don't care if it's a dragon-spider,
I'll knock any monsters down for you
Show me, show me a better girl.
No you're never gonna, never, never gonna find it.
Show me, show me a better world,
Without you baby, I don't, I don't, I don't want it.
What can I sing to her that I don't
whisper to her every night?
I'm gonna make sure that little girl inside her can shine.
Sailing away
No more raining on our sunny days
They're way too bossy and downright mean
I won't let them toss scary thoughts in your dreams
How could they think what was wrong was right
They're always coming at us looking for a fight
We wanna live in peace
And they're loving their war
But you know me, shit you know me
I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I say we ditch them baby
I,I,I-I,I,I say those kids are losers baby
Sad souls
Double-dumb
Hate it when they 'shh, shh'
You so alive
Triple fly / Crazy fly
Make me feel so good.
I,I,I - I,I,I say we're what's important baby.
So what can I sing to you that I don't
whisper to you every night?
I found that beat that keeps you
moving all night, that God.
I know yeah, I know yeah
To look through my eyes it must be tough
But, gaze in that mirror girl
'Cause that's the only thing I love
Line them up, line them up
Say the word
I'll push 'em around for you
I don't care if it's a dragon-spider,
I'll knock any monsters down for you
Show me, show me a better girl.
No you're never gonna, never, never gonna find it.
Show me, show me a better world,
Without you baby, I don't, I don't, I don't want it.
What can I sing to her that I don't
whisper to her every night?
I'm gonna make sure that little girl inside her can shine.
Lyrics submitted by aristuma21
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