"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 wake up at nine
Look at the clock and turn over
A couple of times
I go back to sleep and sleep for
An hour or three
Sometimes it feels great to be me
When I'm living like it's Sunday everyday
And other people laugh at me for living life this way
They say you won't get anywhere at all
Living like it's Sunday everyday
I don't have a job
But it's not my fault it's just that
Jobs don't like me
Some people find it hard to see
But I do what I like
I play some guitar and write a song
About what it's like
To do the way I do
And I'm living like it's Sunday everyday
And other people laugh at me for living life this way
They say you won't get anywhere at all
Living like it's Sunday everyday
Maybe I should try to change
And try a little Saturday
But I don't feel like stressing out
Tomorrow is another day
Maybe
But I'm living like it's Sunday everyday
And other people laugh at me for living life this way
They say you won't get anywhere at all
Living like it's Sunday everyday
I'm living like it's Sunday everyday
And other people laugh at me for living life this way
But still I keep on
Living like it's Sunday everyday
And when I fall asleep I hope it's Sunday when I wake
And if it's not I know
I'm still living like it's Sunday everyday
Look at the clock and turn over
A couple of times
I go back to sleep and sleep for
An hour or three
Sometimes it feels great to be me
When I'm living like it's Sunday everyday
And other people laugh at me for living life this way
They say you won't get anywhere at all
Living like it's Sunday everyday
I don't have a job
But it's not my fault it's just that
Jobs don't like me
Some people find it hard to see
But I do what I like
I play some guitar and write a song
About what it's like
To do the way I do
And I'm living like it's Sunday everyday
And other people laugh at me for living life this way
They say you won't get anywhere at all
Living like it's Sunday everyday
Maybe I should try to change
And try a little Saturday
But I don't feel like stressing out
Tomorrow is another day
Maybe
But I'm living like it's Sunday everyday
And other people laugh at me for living life this way
They say you won't get anywhere at all
Living like it's Sunday everyday
I'm living like it's Sunday everyday
And other people laugh at me for living life this way
But still I keep on
Living like it's Sunday everyday
And when I fall asleep I hope it's Sunday when I wake
And if it's not I know
I'm still living like it's Sunday everyday
Lyrics submitted by Chocolate42
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