"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.
It's another day
Another chance to make my way in a deep world
It's another day
Another chance to change the shape of the same old
I could disappear
Oh, oh
It's another day
Another chance to find your way in a sweet world
Help me find a way
Help me understand my place here in your world
'Cause it's so unclear
Oh, oh
I want to let you in
But the walls aren't coming down
I feel I'm listening
Won't you make that sound?
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
I can still recall
Simple pleasures and the smile of a sweet girl
Now you want it all
And you try to make your way in a sick world
And you disappear
Oh, oh
I want to let you in
But the walls aren't coming down
I feel I'm listening
Won't you make that sound?
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
So long, so long
It feels so wrong
To say goodbye, it's been so long
I know, I know
In time you'll know
That I was always waiting
It's another day
Another chance to make a change, this is your world
I want to let you in
Let the walls come crashing down
I feel you're listening
When you make that sound
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
I want to let you in
Let the walls come crashing down
I feel you're listening
When you make that sound
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
We're gonna make it (x16)
Another chance to make my way in a deep world
It's another day
Another chance to change the shape of the same old
I could disappear
Oh, oh
It's another day
Another chance to find your way in a sweet world
Help me find a way
Help me understand my place here in your world
'Cause it's so unclear
Oh, oh
I want to let you in
But the walls aren't coming down
I feel I'm listening
Won't you make that sound?
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
I can still recall
Simple pleasures and the smile of a sweet girl
Now you want it all
And you try to make your way in a sick world
And you disappear
Oh, oh
I want to let you in
But the walls aren't coming down
I feel I'm listening
Won't you make that sound?
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
So long, so long
It feels so wrong
To say goodbye, it's been so long
I know, I know
In time you'll know
That I was always waiting
It's another day
Another chance to make a change, this is your world
I want to let you in
Let the walls come crashing down
I feel you're listening
When you make that sound
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
I want to let you in
Let the walls come crashing down
I feel you're listening
When you make that sound
Alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright
We're gonna make it (x16)
Lyrics submitted by QuantumEcho
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