"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.
Tell me one more time that you’re crazy, and I’ll jump into the lake. Watch the fireworks and the wet tshirts and when my hands began to shake. Casey walks into the room in the morning and sees what we’ve begun And in the car staring out of the window, light a scented candle for our love.
Tracy, Tracy, Tracy,
Well some like it old and some like it new but they never stay the same. Over and under together we fall, diet coke to stay awake. When I am older, I will know better but now its my mistake. Some like it old and some like it new, my friends all see my car in your driveway.
Tracy, Tracy, Tracy,
Please dear- take me as I am dear Leave me as I am dear What are you waiting for? Are we waiting for the best from you and me?
Tracy
And then in a dream I’m in Turtle Creek, skipping stones and smoking rocks. Sleeping in front of daytime TV — Golden Girls and Curly Locks. Tell me one more time that you’re crazy and I swear I’ll shut you up. Some like it old and some like it new
Some just like to watch it fall apart. I like to watch it fall apart.
Tracy, Tracy, Tracy,
Tracy, Tracy, Tracy,
Well some like it old and some like it new but they never stay the same. Over and under together we fall, diet coke to stay awake. When I am older, I will know better but now its my mistake. Some like it old and some like it new, my friends all see my car in your driveway.
Tracy, Tracy, Tracy,
Please dear- take me as I am dear Leave me as I am dear What are you waiting for? Are we waiting for the best from you and me?
Tracy
And then in a dream I’m in Turtle Creek, skipping stones and smoking rocks. Sleeping in front of daytime TV — Golden Girls and Curly Locks. Tell me one more time that you’re crazy and I swear I’ll shut you up. Some like it old and some like it new
Some just like to watch it fall apart. I like to watch it fall apart.
Tracy, Tracy, Tracy,
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