"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.
Listen up
This is the story on how we lived
The glory of what we did
It started when we were kids
With music up in our heads
She said
I've been out on the edge
Breathin' a little bit of fresh air
Big dreams, I took a chance
Held out for everything I got here
I've been feeling this life's a circus
Hanging on without a fear
Livin' on a high wire
Runnin' through a wildfire
You can't shake me, I'm not going nowhere
Walking on a tight rope
No net, high hopes
Step back, I'm gonna make it over
Na na na na na na na na na
Livin' on a high wire
Na na na na na na na na na
Livin' on a high wire
This is the story on how we lived
The glory of what we did
It started when we were kids
With music up in our heads
She said
Big top, turning round, no clowns
I'm running as I hit the ground
Front row, big show sold out
So I'm ready for the crowd roar, let's go
I've been feeling this life's a circus
Hanging on without a fear
Livin' on a high wire
Runnin' through a wildfire
You can't shake me, I'm not going nowhere
Walking on a tight rope
No net, high hopes
Step back, I'm gonna make it over
Na na na na na na na na na
Livin' on a high wire
Na na na na na na na na na
Livin' on a high wire
When it comes to the beat
Seeing that the heads are moving
Move off your seat
Achievement is what we're really doing
Freedom of speech
I'm in it just to win it
I'm springin' and I can see it
In the end that you can be it
'Cause it's patience, it's statements
Famous greatness
Movin' 'til you make it through
And maybe you can make it too
Livin' on a high wire
You can't shake me, I'm not going nowhere
Walking on a tight rope
No net, high hopes
Step back, I'm gonna make it over
Na na na na na na na na na
Livin' on a high wire
Na na na na na na na na na
Livin' on a high wire
Yeah, yeah
Na na na na na na na na na
Livin' on a high wire
This is the story on how we lived
The glory of what we did
It started when we were kids
With music up in our heads
She said
I've been out on the edge
Breathin' a little bit of fresh air
Big dreams, I took a chance
Held out for everything I got here
I've been feeling this life's a circus
Hanging on without a fear
Livin' on a high wire
Runnin' through a wildfire
You can't shake me, I'm not going nowhere
Walking on a tight rope
No net, high hopes
Step back, I'm gonna make it over
Na na na na na na na na na
Livin' on a high wire
Na na na na na na na na na
Livin' on a high wire
This is the story on how we lived
The glory of what we did
It started when we were kids
With music up in our heads
She said
Big top, turning round, no clowns
I'm running as I hit the ground
Front row, big show sold out
So I'm ready for the crowd roar, let's go
I've been feeling this life's a circus
Hanging on without a fear
Livin' on a high wire
Runnin' through a wildfire
You can't shake me, I'm not going nowhere
Walking on a tight rope
No net, high hopes
Step back, I'm gonna make it over
Na na na na na na na na na
Livin' on a high wire
Na na na na na na na na na
Livin' on a high wire
When it comes to the beat
Seeing that the heads are moving
Move off your seat
Achievement is what we're really doing
Freedom of speech
I'm in it just to win it
I'm springin' and I can see it
In the end that you can be it
'Cause it's patience, it's statements
Famous greatness
Movin' 'til you make it through
And maybe you can make it too
Livin' on a high wire
You can't shake me, I'm not going nowhere
Walking on a tight rope
No net, high hopes
Step back, I'm gonna make it over
Na na na na na na na na na
Livin' on a high wire
Na na na na na na na na na
Livin' on a high wire
Yeah, yeah
Na na na na na na na na na
Livin' on a high wire
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