"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.
We never met face to face
But I feel like I know you well
You have the place next to my place
I could see you by ringing the bell
But I hear you through the wall
I hear you in the morning shower
How can you play that song at that hour
Press my ear to the wall to hear coffee perk
And watch from the window when you leave for work
And I hide behind the wall
Your boyfriend is really a jerk (jerk,jerk,jerk,jerk,jerk)
Will he ever learn to play the saxophone
He plays that same song over and over
Your boyfriend is really a jerk (jerk,jerk,jerk,jerk,jerk)
Watches daytime shows the sound is loud
Watches daytime shows watches daytime shows
I can't wait till you're home from work
I like Saturdays best of all
When your exercise records play
The pictures shake on my wall
Send a dozen leg lifts my way
Cause I feel you through the wall
I heard how you balked when they raised the rent
It was the closest I've come to losing you
Just fifty a month and it's money well spent
To keep you beside me it's the least I can do
Cause I need you through the wall
Your boyfriend is really a jerk (jerk,jerk,jerk,jerk,jerk)
Will he ever learn to play the saxophone
He plays that same song over and over
Your boyfriend is really a jerk (jerk,jerk,jerk,jerk,jerk)
Watches daytime shows the sound is loud
Watches daytime shows watches daytime shows
I can't wait till you're home from work
And I hear you through the wall
And I feel you through the wall
And I need you through the wall
But I feel like I know you well
You have the place next to my place
I could see you by ringing the bell
But I hear you through the wall
I hear you in the morning shower
How can you play that song at that hour
Press my ear to the wall to hear coffee perk
And watch from the window when you leave for work
And I hide behind the wall
Your boyfriend is really a jerk (jerk,jerk,jerk,jerk,jerk)
Will he ever learn to play the saxophone
He plays that same song over and over
Your boyfriend is really a jerk (jerk,jerk,jerk,jerk,jerk)
Watches daytime shows the sound is loud
Watches daytime shows watches daytime shows
I can't wait till you're home from work
I like Saturdays best of all
When your exercise records play
The pictures shake on my wall
Send a dozen leg lifts my way
Cause I feel you through the wall
I heard how you balked when they raised the rent
It was the closest I've come to losing you
Just fifty a month and it's money well spent
To keep you beside me it's the least I can do
Cause I need you through the wall
Your boyfriend is really a jerk (jerk,jerk,jerk,jerk,jerk)
Will he ever learn to play the saxophone
He plays that same song over and over
Your boyfriend is really a jerk (jerk,jerk,jerk,jerk,jerk)
Watches daytime shows the sound is loud
Watches daytime shows watches daytime shows
I can't wait till you're home from work
And I hear you through the wall
And I feel you through the wall
And I need you through the wall
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Through the Wall Lyrics as written by Richard Greene Gunnar Madsen
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