"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 screaming at the moon
But Stella doesn't hear
I howl so loud it shakes the room
But it's like she wasn't there
The dream is repeating endlessly
With always the same cast and scenery
Life goes on
With one more song
Tell Stella I'm sorry
And I promise I'll change my ways
You gotta tell it to Stella
I'll change today
I just could not help myself
I was driven by the fire
My only wrong I rode too long
On A Streetcar Named Desire
But nothing can change the things I did
I just can't explain what went through my head
Life goes by
With one more cry
Tell Stella I'm sorry
And I promise I'll change my ways
You gotta tell it to Stella
I'll change today
But Stella doesn't hear
I howl so loud it shakes the room
But it's like she wasn't there
The dream is repeating endlessly
With always the same cast and scenery
Life goes on
With one more song
Tell Stella I'm sorry
And I promise I'll change my ways
You gotta tell it to Stella
I'll change today
I just could not help myself
I was driven by the fire
My only wrong I rode too long
On A Streetcar Named Desire
But nothing can change the things I did
I just can't explain what went through my head
Life goes by
With one more cry
Tell Stella I'm sorry
And I promise I'll change my ways
You gotta tell it to Stella
I'll change today
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Stella Lyrics as written by Cotten Anderson
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