"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.
How sweet is music to a deaf man's ear
Tell me who could dream sweet dreams in this world of fear
How beautiful is love when you can't see that far
Wish a wish with me on that falling star
In my dreams
One thing never changes in my dreams
Well, it's still the same
Only the faces change in my dream
Only the faces change in my dream
I can't find no one to blame
Well, it's still the same
Only the faces change in my dream
Only the faces change in my dream
I can't find no one to blame
So little in my world so tall
So big in my world so small
Everthin' matters but nothin' matters at all
A nothin' matters at all, no, no
I looked through my window, I watched you say goodbye
You didn't hear me cry, you didn't see me die
Oh, this livin' nightmare, oh, will it ever end
Oh, will I find a friend, oh, will I live again
Oh, in my dreams
Oh, one thing never changes in my dreams
Well, it's still the same
Only the faces change in my dream
Only the faces change in my dream
I can't find no one to blame
Well, it's still the same
Only the faces change in my dream
Only the faces change in my dream
I can't find no one to blame
So little in my world so tall
So big in my world so small
Everthin' matters but nothin' matters at all
Nothin' matters at all, no
It's still the same
I can't find no one to blame
All my dreams are still the same
It's still the same
Tell me who could dream sweet dreams in this world of fear
How beautiful is love when you can't see that far
Wish a wish with me on that falling star
In my dreams
One thing never changes in my dreams
Well, it's still the same
Only the faces change in my dream
Only the faces change in my dream
I can't find no one to blame
Well, it's still the same
Only the faces change in my dream
Only the faces change in my dream
I can't find no one to blame
So little in my world so tall
So big in my world so small
Everthin' matters but nothin' matters at all
A nothin' matters at all, no, no
I looked through my window, I watched you say goodbye
You didn't hear me cry, you didn't see me die
Oh, this livin' nightmare, oh, will it ever end
Oh, will I find a friend, oh, will I live again
Oh, in my dreams
Oh, one thing never changes in my dreams
Well, it's still the same
Only the faces change in my dream
Only the faces change in my dream
I can't find no one to blame
Well, it's still the same
Only the faces change in my dream
Only the faces change in my dream
I can't find no one to blame
So little in my world so tall
So big in my world so small
Everthin' matters but nothin' matters at all
Nothin' matters at all, no
It's still the same
I can't find no one to blame
All my dreams are still the same
It's still the same
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