"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.
Well showing as it used to be
So hard
This hard
I used to get those kicks for free
But now I'm towing the line
Oooo
This ain't no way to be
Stuck between my shadow and me
Could it been the sun don't shine
But I'll tell you that I'm doing fine
[Chorus]
I sometimes I don't go beating myself
Beating myself up
Gonna take a trip and multiply
Please go under with a smile
Showin' how it used to be
Real trouble
So much trouble
But love is just a shackle I see
Coming out of my mind ooh
This ain't no way to be
Just stuck between my shadow and me
The sun's going down
It's getting dark in here
Still folks see:
I got nothing to fear
[Chorus]
People on the street
There are many many
People on the moon they're ain't any any
Shame, yeah, ooh
Running down the same old cold
Taking it down 'cause I no con gone
I'm so tired [Repeat x13]
Soooooo
I'm so tired over beating myself
Beating myself up
Wanna take a trip and multiply
Please go under with a smile
So hard
This hard
I used to get those kicks for free
But now I'm towing the line
Oooo
This ain't no way to be
Stuck between my shadow and me
Could it been the sun don't shine
But I'll tell you that I'm doing fine
[Chorus]
I sometimes I don't go beating myself
Beating myself up
Gonna take a trip and multiply
Please go under with a smile
Showin' how it used to be
Real trouble
So much trouble
But love is just a shackle I see
Coming out of my mind ooh
This ain't no way to be
Just stuck between my shadow and me
The sun's going down
It's getting dark in here
Still folks see:
I got nothing to fear
[Chorus]
People on the street
There are many many
People on the moon they're ain't any any
Shame, yeah, ooh
Running down the same old cold
Taking it down 'cause I no con gone
I'm so tired [Repeat x13]
Soooooo
I'm so tired over beating myself
Beating myself up
Wanna take a trip and multiply
Please go under with a smile
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