"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.
And when you go away
Don't let the red glow burn my eyes
And if you make me pay to keep you
Name your price
And I'm just waiting
I'm waiting
And I'm just waiting
You think you miss me
I always made you smile
I feel the rope start to burn
But the victory will be mine
And I'm just waiting
I'm just waiting
I'm waiting
Just waiting....
what time, what time, what time is this?
one man came....with my sister
he pulled her trousers down to the ground
... blue sky speak to me speak to me
with your hair so long and feathery
with Chinese sunset her arm, voice, spirit...
Don't let the red glow burn my eyes
And if you make me pay to keep you
Name your price
And I'm just waiting
I'm waiting
And I'm just waiting
You think you miss me
I always made you smile
I feel the rope start to burn
But the victory will be mine
And I'm just waiting
I'm just waiting
I'm waiting
Just waiting....
what time, what time, what time is this?
one man came....with my sister
he pulled her trousers down to the ground
... blue sky speak to me speak to me
with your hair so long and feathery
with Chinese sunset her arm, voice, spirit...
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Waiting Lyrics as written by Stephen Gallifent Siobhan Maire Deirdre Fahey
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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