"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.
Peace and love, a phoney kind of blubber
My instincts tell me to crash
You've got salt emissions and you know how to use them
I somehow think this won't last
So I'm moving south
To the great unknown
Yeah I'm moving south
Where the head unloads
You've got a reason some funky little demons
Telling me that life is a gas
You're a deconstruction a euphemism nothing
Motown gives it a blast
So I'm moving south
To the great unknown
Yeah I'm going south
Where the head unloads
Called my brother, he said, "I need a lawyer"
And my life is sinking at best
Called my brother, he said, "I've just become
A moaner who lives in the past"
You've got a vision some funky little sms
Telling me that life is a gas
Your misconception is a pitiful expression
It's something, I'll never possess
So I'm moving south
To the great unknown
Yeah I'm moving south
Where the head unloads
Peace and love, a phoney kind of blubber
My instincts tell me to crash
You've got salt emissions and you know how to use them
I somehow think this won't last
So I'm moving south
To the great unknown
Yeah I'm moving south
Where the head unloads
My instincts tell me to crash
You've got salt emissions and you know how to use them
I somehow think this won't last
So I'm moving south
To the great unknown
Yeah I'm moving south
Where the head unloads
You've got a reason some funky little demons
Telling me that life is a gas
You're a deconstruction a euphemism nothing
Motown gives it a blast
So I'm moving south
To the great unknown
Yeah I'm going south
Where the head unloads
Called my brother, he said, "I need a lawyer"
And my life is sinking at best
Called my brother, he said, "I've just become
A moaner who lives in the past"
You've got a vision some funky little sms
Telling me that life is a gas
Your misconception is a pitiful expression
It's something, I'll never possess
So I'm moving south
To the great unknown
Yeah I'm moving south
Where the head unloads
Peace and love, a phoney kind of blubber
My instincts tell me to crash
You've got salt emissions and you know how to use them
I somehow think this won't last
So I'm moving south
To the great unknown
Yeah I'm moving south
Where the head unloads
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Going South [Country Style] Lyrics as written by Michael Derek Allen Andrew Keith Gray
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