"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.
Never in my lifetime have these eyes of mine
Been fortunate to see the woman for me
But I hang around this old town
Dealin' with the same crowds in the street
Will I ever see
You can find me on the hillside lookin' all around
Or out there by the oak trees on the edges of town
It don't matter where I go
It don't matter what I see
Cuz I ain't ever gonna find the woman for me
She moves just like the springtime
And she's quiet like the voices in the wind
That never end
When she calls me I come runnin'
It don't matter where I am
Cuz I am her man
We go out for a long walk by the dreamer's sea
But the only footprints in the sand are left by me
From the top of the mountain
To the bottom of the sea
Tell me lord where do I find the woman for me
Well I thought I got a hold of her
Back when I was young enough to fall for a crazy girl
But time went by and I found that
I was nothing more than just a boy in a crazy world
And I got dirt on my face and I'm losin' my mind
I been swimmin' through this desert for the longest time
No matter where I go
No matter what I see
She's always on the other side
The woman
Oh the woman for me
Been fortunate to see the woman for me
But I hang around this old town
Dealin' with the same crowds in the street
Will I ever see
You can find me on the hillside lookin' all around
Or out there by the oak trees on the edges of town
It don't matter where I go
It don't matter what I see
Cuz I ain't ever gonna find the woman for me
She moves just like the springtime
And she's quiet like the voices in the wind
That never end
When she calls me I come runnin'
It don't matter where I am
Cuz I am her man
We go out for a long walk by the dreamer's sea
But the only footprints in the sand are left by me
From the top of the mountain
To the bottom of the sea
Tell me lord where do I find the woman for me
Well I thought I got a hold of her
Back when I was young enough to fall for a crazy girl
But time went by and I found that
I was nothing more than just a boy in a crazy world
And I got dirt on my face and I'm losin' my mind
I been swimmin' through this desert for the longest time
No matter where I go
No matter what I see
She's always on the other side
The woman
Oh the woman for me
Lyrics submitted by jtk1993
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