"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.
On choisit pas ses parents, on choisit pas sa famille
On choisit pas non plus les trottoirs de Manille
De Paris ou d'Alger pour apprendre à marcher
Être né quelque part
Être né quelque part, pour celui qui est né
C'est toujours un hasard
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
Y a des oiseaux de basse cour et des oiseaux de passage
Ils savent où sont leur nids
Qu'ils rentrent de voyage ou qu'ils restent chez eux
Ils savent où sont leurs oeufs
Être né quelque part
Être né quelque part, c'est partir quand on veut
Revenir quand on part
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
Est-ce que les gens naissent égaux en droits
À l'endroit où ils naissent
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
Est-ce que les gens naissent égaux en droits
À l'endroit où ils naissent
Que les gens naissent pareils ou pas
On choisit pas ses parents, on choisit pas sa famille
On choisit pas non plus les trottoirs de Manille
De Paris ou d'Alger pour apprendre à marcher
Je suis né quelque part
Je suis né quelque part, laissez-moi ce repère
Ou je perds la mémoire
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
Est-ce que les gens naissent égaux en droits
À l'endroit où ils naissent
Que les gens naissent pareils ou pas
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
Est-ce que les gens naissent égaux en droits
À l'endroit où ils naissent
Que les gens naissent pareils ou pas
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
On choisit pas non plus les trottoirs de Manille
De Paris ou d'Alger pour apprendre à marcher
Être né quelque part
Être né quelque part, pour celui qui est né
C'est toujours un hasard
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
Y a des oiseaux de basse cour et des oiseaux de passage
Ils savent où sont leur nids
Qu'ils rentrent de voyage ou qu'ils restent chez eux
Ils savent où sont leurs oeufs
Être né quelque part
Être né quelque part, c'est partir quand on veut
Revenir quand on part
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
Est-ce que les gens naissent égaux en droits
À l'endroit où ils naissent
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
Est-ce que les gens naissent égaux en droits
À l'endroit où ils naissent
Que les gens naissent pareils ou pas
On choisit pas ses parents, on choisit pas sa famille
On choisit pas non plus les trottoirs de Manille
De Paris ou d'Alger pour apprendre à marcher
Je suis né quelque part
Je suis né quelque part, laissez-moi ce repère
Ou je perds la mémoire
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
Est-ce que les gens naissent égaux en droits
À l'endroit où ils naissent
Que les gens naissent pareils ou pas
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
Est-ce que les gens naissent égaux en droits
À l'endroit où ils naissent
Que les gens naissent pareils ou pas
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
(Nom'inqwando yes qxag iqwahasa)
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