"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 Sailed An Ocean, Unsettled Ocean
Through Restful Waters And Deep Commotion
Often Frightened, Unenlightened
Sail On, Sail On Sailor
I Wrest The Waters, Fight Neptune's Waters
Sail Through The Sorrows Of Life's Marauders
Unrepenting, Often Empty
Sail On, Sail On Sailor
Caught Like A Sewer Rat Alone But I Sail
Bought Like A Crust Of Bread, But Oh Do I Wail
Seldom Stumble, Never Crumble
Try To Tumble, Life's A Rumble
Feel The Stinging I've Been Given
Never Ending, Unrelenting
Heartbreak Searing, Always Fearing
Never Caring, Persevering
Sail On, Sail On, Sailor
I Work The Seaways, The Gale-Swept Seaways
Past Shipwrecked Daughters Of Wicked Waters
Uninspired, Drenched And Tired
Wail On, Wail On, Sailor
Always Needing, Even Bleeding
Never Feeding All My Feelings
Damn The Thunder, Must I Blunder
There's No Wonder All I'm Under
Stop The Crying And The Lying
And The Sighing And My Dying
Sail On, Sail On Sailor
Sail On, Sail On Sailor
Sail On, Sail On Sailor
Sail On, Sail On Sailor
Sail On, Sail On Sailor
Sail On, Sail On Sailor
Sail On, Sail On Sailor
Through Restful Waters And Deep Commotion
Often Frightened, Unenlightened
Sail On, Sail On Sailor
I Wrest The Waters, Fight Neptune's Waters
Sail Through The Sorrows Of Life's Marauders
Unrepenting, Often Empty
Sail On, Sail On Sailor
Caught Like A Sewer Rat Alone But I Sail
Bought Like A Crust Of Bread, But Oh Do I Wail
Seldom Stumble, Never Crumble
Try To Tumble, Life's A Rumble
Feel The Stinging I've Been Given
Never Ending, Unrelenting
Heartbreak Searing, Always Fearing
Never Caring, Persevering
Sail On, Sail On, Sailor
I Work The Seaways, The Gale-Swept Seaways
Past Shipwrecked Daughters Of Wicked Waters
Uninspired, Drenched And Tired
Wail On, Wail On, Sailor
Always Needing, Even Bleeding
Never Feeding All My Feelings
Damn The Thunder, Must I Blunder
There's No Wonder All I'm Under
Stop The Crying And The Lying
And The Sighing And My Dying
Sail On, Sail On Sailor
Sail On, Sail On Sailor
Sail On, Sail On Sailor
Sail On, Sail On Sailor
Sail On, Sail On Sailor
Sail On, Sail On Sailor
Sail On, Sail On Sailor
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Sail on Sailor Lyrics as written by Jack Rieley Brian Douglas Wilson
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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