"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.
Igual que en un escenario
Finges tu dolor barato
Tu drama no es necesario
Ya conozco ese teatro
Fingiendo
Que bien te queda el papel
Después de todo parece
Que es esa tu forma de ser
Yo confiaba ciegamente
En la fiebre de tus besos
Mentiste serenamente
Y el telón cayo por eso
Teatro,
Lo tuyo es puro teatro
Falsedad bien ensayada
Estudiado simulacro
Fue tu mejor actuación
Destrozar mi corazón
Y hoy que me lloras de veras
Recuerdo tu simulacro
Perdona que no te crea
Me parece que es teatro
Teatro,
Lo tuyo es puro teatro
Falsedad bien ensayada
Estudiado simulacro
Fue tu mejor actuación
Destrozar mi corazón
Y hoy que me lloras de veras
Recuerdo tu simulacro
Perdona que no te crea
Me parece que es teatro
Perdona que no te crea
Lo tuyo es puro teatro
Finges tu dolor barato
Tu drama no es necesario
Ya conozco ese teatro
Fingiendo
Que bien te queda el papel
Después de todo parece
Que es esa tu forma de ser
Yo confiaba ciegamente
En la fiebre de tus besos
Mentiste serenamente
Y el telón cayo por eso
Teatro,
Lo tuyo es puro teatro
Falsedad bien ensayada
Estudiado simulacro
Fue tu mejor actuación
Destrozar mi corazón
Y hoy que me lloras de veras
Recuerdo tu simulacro
Perdona que no te crea
Me parece que es teatro
Teatro,
Lo tuyo es puro teatro
Falsedad bien ensayada
Estudiado simulacro
Fue tu mejor actuación
Destrozar mi corazón
Y hoy que me lloras de veras
Recuerdo tu simulacro
Perdona que no te crea
Me parece que es teatro
Perdona que no te crea
Lo tuyo es puro teatro
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Puro Teatro Lyrics as written by Alonso Catalino Curet
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Here is my translation. It isn´t word for word and there may be a better way of saying it. But I thought I´d give a just to those who don´t understand Spanish.
Just like on a stage, you fake cheap pain, your drama isn´t needed, I already know this act.
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