"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 know you so well
I could make you from scratch
My precious little puppet
With no strings attached
I like the way you dance around
And sing back to me
I'll take you back to virginia
For all my people to see
I just want to play what you want me to
I just want to say what you want me to
oh, take me. take me back
Take me back to virginia,
Take me back I want to go back for good
open a window put the dog at the foot of my bed
Sleep to the music of the ice cream man
And rest my head
If I wake up on the right side
I'll sit at my window and play
A song for my people from yesterday
chorus
it's been seven years since I've seen you shine
And I see you when I'm sleeping
And I know I'm not lost as long as my lines are true
I just want to get back to you
I can still tell what it really means to be
Dancing to the music
As she sings out to me
Smiling and laughing as the people dance my soul
Take me back to virginia
From so long ago
chorus
I could make you from scratch
My precious little puppet
With no strings attached
I like the way you dance around
And sing back to me
I'll take you back to virginia
For all my people to see
I just want to play what you want me to
I just want to say what you want me to
oh, take me. take me back
Take me back to virginia,
Take me back I want to go back for good
open a window put the dog at the foot of my bed
Sleep to the music of the ice cream man
And rest my head
If I wake up on the right side
I'll sit at my window and play
A song for my people from yesterday
chorus
it's been seven years since I've seen you shine
And I see you when I'm sleeping
And I know I'm not lost as long as my lines are true
I just want to get back to you
I can still tell what it really means to be
Dancing to the music
As she sings out to me
Smiling and laughing as the people dance my soul
Take me back to virginia
From so long ago
chorus
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Virginia Lyrics as written by Michael Dinallo Brian Templeton
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