"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.
There's a picture that I carry
One we made some time ago
When they ask who's in the picture with me
I say just someone I used to know
Just someone, I used to spend some time with
Just a flame, that's lost it's glow
And I I don't tell them, how lost I am without you
I say just someone I used to know
Just someone, I used to run around with
Just a friend from long ago
And I don't tell them of the nights I cried without you
I say just someone I used to know
I say just someone I used to know
One we made some time ago
When they ask who's in the picture with me
I say just someone I used to know
Just someone, I used to spend some time with
Just a flame, that's lost it's glow
And I I don't tell them, how lost I am without you
I say just someone I used to know
Just someone, I used to run around with
Just a friend from long ago
And I don't tell them of the nights I cried without you
I say just someone I used to know
I say just someone I used to know
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Someone I Used To Know Lyrics as written by Jack Clement
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, GLAD MUSIC CO.
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