"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.
Ooh child, things are gonna get easier
Ooh child, things will get brighter
Ooh child, things are gonna get easier
Ooh child, things will get brighter
Someday, yeah we'll put it together
And we'll get it undone
Someday, when your head is much lighter
Someday, yeah, we'll walk in the rays of a
Beautiful sun
Someday, when the world is much brighter
Ooh child, things are gonna get easier
Ooh child, things will get brighter
Ooh child, things are gonna get easier
Ooh child, things will get brighter
Someday, yeah we'll put it together
And we'll get it undone
Someday, when your head is much lighter
Someday, yeah, we'll walk in the rays of a
Beautiful sun
Someday, when the world is much brighter
[Repeat: x2]
La, la-la-la, la, la-la, la
La, la-la-la, la, la-la, la
Someday, yeah we'll put it together
And we'll get it undone
Someday, when your head is much lighter
Someday, yeah, we'll walk in the rays of a
Beautiful sun
Someday, when the world is much brighter
Someday (someday-someday) we'll put it
Together
And we'll get it undone
Someday, when your head is much lighter
Someday (someday-someday) we'll walk
In the rays of a beautiful sun
Someday, when the world is much brighter
Don't you worry about a thing
'Cause life goes up and down
You gotta keep movin' on
Ooh child, things are gonna get easier
Ooh child, things will get brighter
Ooh child, things are gonna get easier
Ooh child, things will get brighter
Someday, yeah we'll put it together
And we'll get it undone
Someday, when your head is much lighter
Someday, yeah, we'll walk in the rays of a
Beautiful sun
Someday, when the world is much brighter
Right now, Right now
Right now, Right now, (Repeat to end)
Oh baby, you just wait and see, things are
Gonna be
You just wait and see, things are gonna be
Alright, yeah, alright yeah, yeah
Baby open your soul now
Baby don't you let go now, no, no no baby,
You gotta give it just a little more time
Ooh child, things will get brighter
Ooh child, things are gonna get easier
Ooh child, things will get brighter
Someday, yeah we'll put it together
And we'll get it undone
Someday, when your head is much lighter
Someday, yeah, we'll walk in the rays of a
Beautiful sun
Someday, when the world is much brighter
Ooh child, things are gonna get easier
Ooh child, things will get brighter
Ooh child, things are gonna get easier
Ooh child, things will get brighter
Someday, yeah we'll put it together
And we'll get it undone
Someday, when your head is much lighter
Someday, yeah, we'll walk in the rays of a
Beautiful sun
Someday, when the world is much brighter
[Repeat: x2]
La, la-la-la, la, la-la, la
La, la-la-la, la, la-la, la
Someday, yeah we'll put it together
And we'll get it undone
Someday, when your head is much lighter
Someday, yeah, we'll walk in the rays of a
Beautiful sun
Someday, when the world is much brighter
Someday (someday-someday) we'll put it
Together
And we'll get it undone
Someday, when your head is much lighter
Someday (someday-someday) we'll walk
In the rays of a beautiful sun
Someday, when the world is much brighter
Don't you worry about a thing
'Cause life goes up and down
You gotta keep movin' on
Ooh child, things are gonna get easier
Ooh child, things will get brighter
Ooh child, things are gonna get easier
Ooh child, things will get brighter
Someday, yeah we'll put it together
And we'll get it undone
Someday, when your head is much lighter
Someday, yeah, we'll walk in the rays of a
Beautiful sun
Someday, when the world is much brighter
Right now, Right now
Right now, Right now, (Repeat to end)
Oh baby, you just wait and see, things are
Gonna be
You just wait and see, things are gonna be
Alright, yeah, alright yeah, yeah
Baby open your soul now
Baby don't you let go now, no, no no baby,
You gotta give it just a little more time
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Ooh Child Lyrics as written by Stan Vincent
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