"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.
You say you're lonely
You cried the long night through
Well you can cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you
Now you say "I'm sorry"
For being so untrue
Well you can
Cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you
Cry...
(Cry) Now you say you love me
We're just [?]
Come on, and cry me a river
I cried a river over you
Bitch, I cried a river over you
My favorite sex partner was a shampoo
Everyday praying for you to get a swine flue or to get raped my Bin Laden, and raped by his crew
So now you say that you are sorry
Please you just want me back cause I am big in the showbiz
While I becoming [?]
You'll be crying [?]
Cry bitch!
(Cry) Cry...
Cry...
Cry...
You drove me, nearly drove me out of my head
While you never shed a tear
Remember, I remember all that you said
[?]
You cried the long night through
Well you can cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you
Now you say "I'm sorry"
For being so untrue
Well you can
Cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you
Cry...
(Cry) Now you say you love me
We're just [?]
Come on, and cry me a river
I cried a river over you
Bitch, I cried a river over you
My favorite sex partner was a shampoo
Everyday praying for you to get a swine flue or to get raped my Bin Laden, and raped by his crew
So now you say that you are sorry
Please you just want me back cause I am big in the showbiz
While I becoming [?]
You'll be crying [?]
Cry bitch!
(Cry) Cry...
Cry...
Cry...
You drove me, nearly drove me out of my head
While you never shed a tear
Remember, I remember all that you said
[?]
Lyrics submitted by Brujeria6SixSeis
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