"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.
No one knew your name or cared at school.
Everybody knows that kids are cruel.
You went from troubled teen and became a beauty queen.
I got mixed up somewhere in between.
Now I'm losing, I'm losing, my mind yeah I'm losing.
My mind is missing, presumed lost.
Now I'm losing, I'm losing, my mind yeah I'm losing.
Don't want you back no matter what.
Everybody wants to know your name now baby,
All I want to do is to forget.
Everybody wants to know your name now angel,
All I want to do is to forget.
You took me in and shook me up inside.
You got the stuff, the stuff that drives me wild.
You wanted headlines; you wanted bright lights;
I was just your cheap and easy ride.
Now I'm losing, I'm losing, my mind yeah I'm losing.
My mind is missing, presumed lost.
Now I'm losing, I'm losing, my mind yeah I'm losing.
Don't want you back no matter what.
Everybody wants to know your name now baby,
All I want to do is to forget.
Everybody wants know your name now angel,
All I got are reasons to forget.
She's cool, she's cruel, and that's how you fall
Under the spell of a goodtime girl.
She's keen, she's mean, who knows where she's been?
Is this farewell to the goodtime girl?
You got a goodtime girl.
You want a goodtime girl.
Now I'm losing, I'm losing, my mind yeah I'm losing.
My mind is missing, presumed lost.
She's cool, she's cruel, and that's how you fall
Under the spell of a goodtime girl.
She's keen, she's mean, who knows where she's been?
Is this farewell to the goodtime girl?
Everybody knows that kids are cruel.
You went from troubled teen and became a beauty queen.
I got mixed up somewhere in between.
Now I'm losing, I'm losing, my mind yeah I'm losing.
My mind is missing, presumed lost.
Now I'm losing, I'm losing, my mind yeah I'm losing.
Don't want you back no matter what.
Everybody wants to know your name now baby,
All I want to do is to forget.
Everybody wants to know your name now angel,
All I want to do is to forget.
You took me in and shook me up inside.
You got the stuff, the stuff that drives me wild.
You wanted headlines; you wanted bright lights;
I was just your cheap and easy ride.
Now I'm losing, I'm losing, my mind yeah I'm losing.
My mind is missing, presumed lost.
Now I'm losing, I'm losing, my mind yeah I'm losing.
Don't want you back no matter what.
Everybody wants to know your name now baby,
All I want to do is to forget.
Everybody wants know your name now angel,
All I got are reasons to forget.
She's cool, she's cruel, and that's how you fall
Under the spell of a goodtime girl.
She's keen, she's mean, who knows where she's been?
Is this farewell to the goodtime girl?
You got a goodtime girl.
You want a goodtime girl.
Now I'm losing, I'm losing, my mind yeah I'm losing.
My mind is missing, presumed lost.
She's cool, she's cruel, and that's how you fall
Under the spell of a goodtime girl.
She's keen, she's mean, who knows where she's been?
Is this farewell to the goodtime girl?
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Goodtime Girl Lyrics as written by Roy Stride
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