"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.
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, yeah yeah
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, listen, babe
Every time I see you, I get a bad vibe (mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm)
Just thinkin' of someone else in between your thighs (mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm)
And you thought you were slick, had tricks up your sleeve
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
But I'm sick of your stupid ass and I know you're tired of me
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
That's why I say
And when we were together
We never turned our backs on each other (over now)
But now that we're separated
We can't stand one another
I don't wanna be with you, put that on everything I own (mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm)
I can't believe I stayed around that damn long (mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm)
If I never see you again, I won't be mad at all (mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm) no no
'Cause I believe that you're my downfall (mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm)
You did me wrong (you did me wrong)
I thought you were true (yeah)
You ran out of my life
And now I'm so through with you
I wanted you to be there
Right here with me, oh
And when we were together
We never turned our backs on each other (over now)
But now that we're separated (oh yeah)
We can't stand one another (baby, tell me why, why, why, why, why)
And when we were together
We never turned our backs on each other (oh ooh)
Oh, oh oh, oh, but now that we're separated
We can't stand one another (it's really over babe)
'Cause you did me wrong
You did me wrong
I thought you were true (yeah)
You ran out of my life
I'm so through with you
I remember when you used to sit there
I would hold you in my arms and you would say to me yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mmm, mmm, mmm (I used to rub your body and you would say to me)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mmm, mmm, mmm
(When we were together you'd say)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mmm, mmm, mmm
(I can hear your body say)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (sounds so good to me)
Mmm, mmm, mmm (oh yeah oh yeah yeah yeah)
And when we were together (when we were together)
We never turned our backs on each other (we never turned our backs on)
But now that we're separated (no)
We can't stand one another (oh oh oh)
And when we were together (oh baby)
We never turned our backs on each other (but now)
But now that we're separated
We can't stand one another (oh yeah)
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, listen, babe
Every time I see you, I get a bad vibe (mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm)
Just thinkin' of someone else in between your thighs (mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm)
And you thought you were slick, had tricks up your sleeve
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
But I'm sick of your stupid ass and I know you're tired of me
Mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm
That's why I say
And when we were together
We never turned our backs on each other (over now)
But now that we're separated
We can't stand one another
I don't wanna be with you, put that on everything I own (mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm)
I can't believe I stayed around that damn long (mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm)
If I never see you again, I won't be mad at all (mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm) no no
'Cause I believe that you're my downfall (mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm, mmm)
You did me wrong (you did me wrong)
I thought you were true (yeah)
You ran out of my life
And now I'm so through with you
I wanted you to be there
Right here with me, oh
And when we were together
We never turned our backs on each other (over now)
But now that we're separated (oh yeah)
We can't stand one another (baby, tell me why, why, why, why, why)
And when we were together
We never turned our backs on each other (oh ooh)
Oh, oh oh, oh, but now that we're separated
We can't stand one another (it's really over babe)
'Cause you did me wrong
You did me wrong
I thought you were true (yeah)
You ran out of my life
I'm so through with you
I remember when you used to sit there
I would hold you in my arms and you would say to me yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mmm, mmm, mmm (I used to rub your body and you would say to me)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mmm, mmm, mmm
(When we were together you'd say)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mmm, mmm, mmm
(I can hear your body say)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (sounds so good to me)
Mmm, mmm, mmm (oh yeah oh yeah yeah yeah)
And when we were together (when we were together)
We never turned our backs on each other (we never turned our backs on)
But now that we're separated (no)
We can't stand one another (oh oh oh)
And when we were together (oh baby)
We never turned our backs on each other (but now)
But now that we're separated
We can't stand one another (oh yeah)
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