"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.
Dead on my feet, got a deadline to meet
But it can wait, can't concentrate
This one track mind won't leave you behind
Why punish me with memories
If only now I could turn back the pages (turn back the pages)
I played some games that I've lived to regret
I only wish I had gone through those stages
Years before we met, but I know
This time, I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, I'm ready for the real thing too
Turn on the light, I been tossing all night
I tried to read but it's love that I need
In my mind, the sound of goodbye
Keeps hauntin? me like a distant dream
If only now I could turn back the pages (turn back the pages)
I played some games that I've lived to regret
I only wish I had gone through those changes
Years before we met, and baby
This time, I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, I'm ready for the real thing too
If only now I could turn back the pages (turn back the pages)
I played some games that I've lived to regret
I only wish I had gone through those stanges
Years before we met, but baby
This time, I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, get ready for the real thing
Cause this time baby, I'm ready for you
I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, I'm ready for the real thing too
I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, I'm ready for the real thing too
I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, get ready for the real thing too
But it can wait, can't concentrate
This one track mind won't leave you behind
Why punish me with memories
If only now I could turn back the pages (turn back the pages)
I played some games that I've lived to regret
I only wish I had gone through those stages
Years before we met, but I know
This time, I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, I'm ready for the real thing too
Turn on the light, I been tossing all night
I tried to read but it's love that I need
In my mind, the sound of goodbye
Keeps hauntin? me like a distant dream
If only now I could turn back the pages (turn back the pages)
I played some games that I've lived to regret
I only wish I had gone through those changes
Years before we met, and baby
This time, I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, I'm ready for the real thing too
If only now I could turn back the pages (turn back the pages)
I played some games that I've lived to regret
I only wish I had gone through those stanges
Years before we met, but baby
This time, I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, get ready for the real thing
Cause this time baby, I'm ready for you
I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, I'm ready for the real thing too
I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, I'm ready for the real thing too
I'm ready for the real thing
Last time, I couldn't be true
This time, get ready for the real thing too
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Ready for the Real Thing Lyrics as written by James M Peterik Frank Sullivan
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