"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.
Chances re I took the wrong turn
Every time I had a turn to take
And I guess I broke my own heart
Every chance I had a heart to break
And it seems like I spent my whole life
Wishin' on the same unlucky star
And as I watch your cross the barroom, I wonder
What my chances are,
Well, I know you've been around
And you've seen what you needed to see
And at night when you're dreamin'
You're probably not dreamin' 'about me
Oh, it's safe to say I've stumbled but I've managed
To make it through this far
As I take one step and then another, I wonder
What my chances are
I have watched the world go by
Hand, in hand, and wondered why I'm still so alone
Could I lay down my foolish pride
Maybe finally find my heart a home
The band has started playing
A simple song I used to know
I take you hand and walk you out
Dance to the rhythm way down low
Every heart has got a story
Mine just has a few more scars
But they could heal if you would hold me and tell me
What my chances are
Well, they could heal if you would hold me and tell me
What my chances are
Every time I had a turn to take
And I guess I broke my own heart
Every chance I had a heart to break
And it seems like I spent my whole life
Wishin' on the same unlucky star
And as I watch your cross the barroom, I wonder
What my chances are,
Well, I know you've been around
And you've seen what you needed to see
And at night when you're dreamin'
You're probably not dreamin' 'about me
Oh, it's safe to say I've stumbled but I've managed
To make it through this far
As I take one step and then another, I wonder
What my chances are
I have watched the world go by
Hand, in hand, and wondered why I'm still so alone
Could I lay down my foolish pride
Maybe finally find my heart a home
The band has started playing
A simple song I used to know
I take you hand and walk you out
Dance to the rhythm way down low
Every heart has got a story
Mine just has a few more scars
But they could heal if you would hold me and tell me
What my chances are
Well, they could heal if you would hold me and tell me
What my chances are
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