"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.
All day I've been banging the walls,
Like a prisoner in a cell
If I don't get out I'm going to lose my mind
There's got to be more for me--I'm tired of the same old scene
I can't wait to see that face--to say goodbye--bye, bye
I want to say goodbye
I got something inside of me
That I don't intend to waste, I've got dreams baby I can't forget
I've been looking all around and there's nothing left for me
There's only one way out and girl I'm going to take it
Push me, pull me, never get a minute to yourself
Pure hell, get you if you let it, stand up, sit down,
All I ever get is your backtalk, back off, push me to the limit
I lead a double life, I come alive at night
I had champagne milkshake for breakfast
But I know where I'll sleep tonight
I've got a blue-eyed earthquake--she's lyin' in my bed
Ain't it a wonderful life
Push me, pull me, never get a minute to yourself
Pure hell, get you if you let it, stand up, sit down,
All I ever get is your backtalk, back off, push me to the limit
I lead a double life, I come alive at night
[Solo]
Push me, pull me, never get a minute to yourself
Pure hell, get you if you let it, stand up, sit down,
All I ever get is your backtalk, back off, push me to the limit
I lead a double life, I come alive at night
I lead a double life, I come alive at night
I lead a double life, I come alive at night
I lead a double life, 007 I come alive at night
Rock and roll heaven, I lead a double life
I come alive at night, rock and roll heaven
I lead a double life, I come alive at night
I lead a double life, 007 I come alive at night
Like a prisoner in a cell
If I don't get out I'm going to lose my mind
There's got to be more for me--I'm tired of the same old scene
I can't wait to see that face--to say goodbye--bye, bye
I want to say goodbye
I got something inside of me
That I don't intend to waste, I've got dreams baby I can't forget
I've been looking all around and there's nothing left for me
There's only one way out and girl I'm going to take it
Push me, pull me, never get a minute to yourself
Pure hell, get you if you let it, stand up, sit down,
All I ever get is your backtalk, back off, push me to the limit
I lead a double life, I come alive at night
I had champagne milkshake for breakfast
But I know where I'll sleep tonight
I've got a blue-eyed earthquake--she's lyin' in my bed
Ain't it a wonderful life
Push me, pull me, never get a minute to yourself
Pure hell, get you if you let it, stand up, sit down,
All I ever get is your backtalk, back off, push me to the limit
I lead a double life, I come alive at night
[Solo]
Push me, pull me, never get a minute to yourself
Pure hell, get you if you let it, stand up, sit down,
All I ever get is your backtalk, back off, push me to the limit
I lead a double life, I come alive at night
I lead a double life, I come alive at night
I lead a double life, I come alive at night
I lead a double life, 007 I come alive at night
Rock and roll heaven, I lead a double life
I come alive at night, rock and roll heaven
I lead a double life, I come alive at night
I lead a double life, 007 I come alive at night
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