"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 went into the loneliness house
I went on in and locked the door
Seen a lot of trouble when I was out and about
I might not come out no more
Pulled down the shades in the loneliness house
I don't like it when the light's too bright
People in the neighborhood I've seen them shout
"You're right down the street from over and delight"
Sometimes my baby gets so sad
She stopped by the other day
I wouldn't answer and she got mad
She said "When are you gonna come back out and play?"
Like an old grizzly down in his den
Snortin' and a growling and turnin' about
Maybe if I smell Spring on the wind
I might think about coming back out
It gets pretty quite in the loneliness house
But there's trouble in the city everybody screaming
Once in a while I look out
And it seems like you're just better off dreaming
It gets kind of lonely in the loneliness house
But the rain will freeze and the sun will scorch
I hate to leave my dreams and doubts
But I think I might go sit on the porch
I went on in and locked the door
Seen a lot of trouble when I was out and about
I might not come out no more
Pulled down the shades in the loneliness house
I don't like it when the light's too bright
People in the neighborhood I've seen them shout
"You're right down the street from over and delight"
Sometimes my baby gets so sad
She stopped by the other day
I wouldn't answer and she got mad
She said "When are you gonna come back out and play?"
Like an old grizzly down in his den
Snortin' and a growling and turnin' about
Maybe if I smell Spring on the wind
I might think about coming back out
It gets pretty quite in the loneliness house
But there's trouble in the city everybody screaming
Once in a while I look out
And it seems like you're just better off dreaming
It gets kind of lonely in the loneliness house
But the rain will freeze and the sun will scorch
I hate to leave my dreams and doubts
But I think I might go sit on the porch
Lyrics submitted by muffintop21
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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Great version of a great song,
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