"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.
Fuertes son los escarceos de mi edad
Y reparo en mi actitud
Averiguo mis reflejos de ansiedad
Como siempre van provistos de inquietud
Rara vez me he permitido transigir
Bien me puedo revelar
Aunque es mucho mas dificil de seguir
He luchado por no dejarme llevar
Y no es facil descubrir
Que soy un explorador
Que no puede subsistir
En un desierto de amor
La aventura yo la tengo que vivir
Me apunte cuando empezo
No recuerdo cuanto espacio recorri
Solo se que algunas veces me dolio
Y si hago algun balance hasta aqui
Hay un saldo a mi favor
Puede que un desierto nunca tenga fin
Pero siempre habra un oasis salvador
Porque no quiero escuchar mas historias
Me canse de perder la cabeza
Siempre que toma, que toma y que dale
Yo lo que quiero es encontrar
Un cariño de verdad
Y terminar de cruzar el desierto
Explorando tu alma y tu cuerpo
Descubriendo tu cara en la noche
Ven conmigo y dime que si
Y reparo en mi actitud
Averiguo mis reflejos de ansiedad
Como siempre van provistos de inquietud
Rara vez me he permitido transigir
Bien me puedo revelar
Aunque es mucho mas dificil de seguir
He luchado por no dejarme llevar
Y no es facil descubrir
Que soy un explorador
Que no puede subsistir
En un desierto de amor
La aventura yo la tengo que vivir
Me apunte cuando empezo
No recuerdo cuanto espacio recorri
Solo se que algunas veces me dolio
Y si hago algun balance hasta aqui
Hay un saldo a mi favor
Puede que un desierto nunca tenga fin
Pero siempre habra un oasis salvador
Porque no quiero escuchar mas historias
Me canse de perder la cabeza
Siempre que toma, que toma y que dale
Yo lo que quiero es encontrar
Un cariño de verdad
Y terminar de cruzar el desierto
Explorando tu alma y tu cuerpo
Descubriendo tu cara en la noche
Ven conmigo y dime que si
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Desierto de Amor Lyrics as written by Jose Manuel Casan
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