"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.
Hey, if you are looking for a little action
Hey, if you are looking for a place to go
Hey, if you are looking for some satisfaction
Whoa, it's the voices of freedom
Whoa, it's the voices of freedom
Hey, if you are looking for a little inspiration
Hey, if you are looking for a little bit of soul
Hey, if you are looking for a little, hey, gut reaction
It's the voices of freedom (voices of freedom)
Oh babe, it's the voices of freedom (voices of freedom)
The river runs right through those mountains (voices of freedom)
And reduces that rock to stone (voices of freedom)
The ocean reduces that stone to sand
Hey, it's the voices of freedom, oh baby
It's the voices of freedom
I hear the voices of freedom from the left
I hear the voices of freedom from the right
I hear the voices of freedom, baby, from all over this world
Well, it's the voices of freedom
Oh baby, baby, voices of freedom, hey hey
(Voices of freedom)(voices of freedom)
(Voices of freedom)(voices of freedom)
(Voices of freedom)(voices of freedom)
(Voices of freedom)(voices of freedom)
Hey, if you are looking for a little action
Hey, if you are looking for a place to go
If you are looking for a little inspiration
It's the voices of freedom (voices of freedom)
It's the voices of freedom (voices of freedom)
Hey, if you are looking for a little inspiration
Hey, if you are looking for a little bit of soul
If you are looking for a little, hey, gut reaction
It's the voices of freedom (voices of freedom)
Oh baby, it's the voices of freedom (voices of freedom)
A river runs right down through those mountains (voices of freedom)
And it reduces that rock to stone (voices of freedom)
The ocean reduces that stone to sand
Well, it's the voices of freedom, hey hey
Oh baby, it's the voices of freedom
I hear the voices coming at me from the left
I hear voices coming at me from the right
I hear the voices coming at me from all over this world
Whoa, it's the voices of freedom
Voices of freedom, now now
Voices of freedom
Voices of freedom (voices of freedom)
Voices of freedom (voices of freedom)
Help us out now
I hear the voices of freedom (voices of freedom) [Repeat]
Hey, if you are looking for a place to go
Hey, if you are looking for some satisfaction
Whoa, it's the voices of freedom
Whoa, it's the voices of freedom
Hey, if you are looking for a little inspiration
Hey, if you are looking for a little bit of soul
Hey, if you are looking for a little, hey, gut reaction
It's the voices of freedom (voices of freedom)
Oh babe, it's the voices of freedom (voices of freedom)
The river runs right through those mountains (voices of freedom)
And reduces that rock to stone (voices of freedom)
The ocean reduces that stone to sand
Hey, it's the voices of freedom, oh baby
It's the voices of freedom
I hear the voices of freedom from the left
I hear the voices of freedom from the right
I hear the voices of freedom, baby, from all over this world
Well, it's the voices of freedom
Oh baby, baby, voices of freedom, hey hey
(Voices of freedom)(voices of freedom)
(Voices of freedom)(voices of freedom)
(Voices of freedom)(voices of freedom)
(Voices of freedom)(voices of freedom)
Hey, if you are looking for a little action
Hey, if you are looking for a place to go
If you are looking for a little inspiration
It's the voices of freedom (voices of freedom)
It's the voices of freedom (voices of freedom)
Hey, if you are looking for a little inspiration
Hey, if you are looking for a little bit of soul
If you are looking for a little, hey, gut reaction
It's the voices of freedom (voices of freedom)
Oh baby, it's the voices of freedom (voices of freedom)
A river runs right down through those mountains (voices of freedom)
And it reduces that rock to stone (voices of freedom)
The ocean reduces that stone to sand
Well, it's the voices of freedom, hey hey
Oh baby, it's the voices of freedom
I hear the voices coming at me from the left
I hear voices coming at me from the right
I hear the voices coming at me from all over this world
Whoa, it's the voices of freedom
Voices of freedom, now now
Voices of freedom
Voices of freedom (voices of freedom)
Voices of freedom (voices of freedom)
Help us out now
I hear the voices of freedom (voices of freedom) [Repeat]
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