"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 went to bed late last night
Pulled down the shade
And turned out the light
I fell asleep, and I began to dream
The most extraordinary beautiful dream
Incense and perfume filled the air
The sound of music was everywhere
I met a woman by a babbling brook
She was gifted, she was wise
She was reading a book
She talked about virtue
She talked about vice
She acted kinda naughty
But she looked real nice
I could see her body move
To the rhythm, to the beat
Of a powerful groove
Her lips are red
Her body is soft
She is a movin' volcano
Man, I mean she's hot
She got the long cool legs
She got the sexy sexy style
She got the cool sweet walk
She got the beautiful smile
When I awoke, it was the break of day
I got to go to work, I got to earn my pay
I am a man who works on the line
I'm the muscle, I'm the blood, I'm the overtime
I gotta lift that bail
Work my fingers to the bone
You know I can't stop the train
I gotta let it roll on
No need to dream about it anymore
'cause I found my dream lover on the 13th floor
Incense and perfume filled the air
The sound of music was everywhere
I met a woman by a babbling brook
She was gifted, she was wise
She was reading a book
Her lips are red
Her body is soft
She is a movin' volcano
Man, I mean she's hot
No need to dream about it anymore
'cause I found my dream lover on the 13th floor
She got the long cool legs
She got the sexy sexy style
She got the cool sweet walk
She got the beautiful smile
She got the long cool legs
She got the sexy sexy style
She got the cool sweet walk
She got the beautiful smile
Her lips are red
Her body is soft
She is a movin' volcano
Man, I mean she's hot
No need to dream about it anymore
'cause I found my dream lover on the 13th floor
She got the long cool legs
She got the sexy sexy style
She got the cool sweet walk
She got the beautiful smile
She got the long cool legs
She got the sexy sexy style
She got the cool sweet walk
She got the beautiful smile
Doo wappa doo wappadoo wappa doot
Doo wappa doo wappadoo wappa doot
Doo wappa doo wappadoo wappa doot
Doo wappa doo wappadoo wappa doot
Ohh woo woo ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ohh woo woo ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ohh woo woo ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ohh woo woo ooh ooh ooh ooh
Pulled down the shade
And turned out the light
I fell asleep, and I began to dream
The most extraordinary beautiful dream
Incense and perfume filled the air
The sound of music was everywhere
I met a woman by a babbling brook
She was gifted, she was wise
She was reading a book
She talked about virtue
She talked about vice
She acted kinda naughty
But she looked real nice
I could see her body move
To the rhythm, to the beat
Of a powerful groove
Her lips are red
Her body is soft
She is a movin' volcano
Man, I mean she's hot
She got the long cool legs
She got the sexy sexy style
She got the cool sweet walk
She got the beautiful smile
When I awoke, it was the break of day
I got to go to work, I got to earn my pay
I am a man who works on the line
I'm the muscle, I'm the blood, I'm the overtime
I gotta lift that bail
Work my fingers to the bone
You know I can't stop the train
I gotta let it roll on
No need to dream about it anymore
'cause I found my dream lover on the 13th floor
Incense and perfume filled the air
The sound of music was everywhere
I met a woman by a babbling brook
She was gifted, she was wise
She was reading a book
Her lips are red
Her body is soft
She is a movin' volcano
Man, I mean she's hot
No need to dream about it anymore
'cause I found my dream lover on the 13th floor
She got the long cool legs
She got the sexy sexy style
She got the cool sweet walk
She got the beautiful smile
She got the long cool legs
She got the sexy sexy style
She got the cool sweet walk
She got the beautiful smile
Her lips are red
Her body is soft
She is a movin' volcano
Man, I mean she's hot
No need to dream about it anymore
'cause I found my dream lover on the 13th floor
She got the long cool legs
She got the sexy sexy style
She got the cool sweet walk
She got the beautiful smile
She got the long cool legs
She got the sexy sexy style
She got the cool sweet walk
She got the beautiful smile
Doo wappa doo wappadoo wappa doot
Doo wappa doo wappadoo wappa doot
Doo wappa doo wappadoo wappa doot
Doo wappa doo wappadoo wappa doot
Ohh woo woo ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ohh woo woo ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ohh woo woo ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ohh woo woo ooh ooh ooh ooh
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