"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.
I don't love you
For what it's worth
So if you're leaving can you hurt
Cherry blossom
This is goodbye
Come here lately and you fly
When they say what it's worth
The world tells you first
Then you know where to hurt
The world's on fire so
The world's on fire so
The world's on fire so
Have you heard
Lover let me please
Follow down your knee
Lover let me please be the one
Know the prayers to make
For lovers made to be
And when your swore to wait
You let go
The world's on fire so
The world's on fire so
The world's on fire so
Have you heard
Yes I loved you
As a matter of fact
Your furs are wrapped up and that's that
Lover let me please
Follow down your knee
You once made me smile
Then you strayed
The world's on fire so
The world's on fire so
The world's on fire so
Have you heard
The world's on fire
The world's on fire
The world's on fire
Have you heard
Lover can you breath
To make for your release
So I'm no longer here by your side
What's to hide
The world's on fire
The world's on fire until I'm ready on Monday
The world's on fire until I'm ready on Tuesday
The world's on fire until I'm ready on Wednesday
The world's on fire until I'm ready on Thursday
The world's on fire until I'm ready on Friday
The world's on fire until I'm ready on Saturday
The world's on fire until I'm ready on Sunday
For what it's worth
So if you're leaving can you hurt
Cherry blossom
This is goodbye
Come here lately and you fly
When they say what it's worth
The world tells you first
Then you know where to hurt
The world's on fire so
The world's on fire so
The world's on fire so
Have you heard
Lover let me please
Follow down your knee
Lover let me please be the one
Know the prayers to make
For lovers made to be
And when your swore to wait
You let go
The world's on fire so
The world's on fire so
The world's on fire so
Have you heard
Yes I loved you
As a matter of fact
Your furs are wrapped up and that's that
Lover let me please
Follow down your knee
You once made me smile
Then you strayed
The world's on fire so
The world's on fire so
The world's on fire so
Have you heard
The world's on fire
The world's on fire
The world's on fire
Have you heard
Lover can you breath
To make for your release
So I'm no longer here by your side
What's to hide
The world's on fire
The world's on fire until I'm ready on Monday
The world's on fire until I'm ready on Tuesday
The world's on fire until I'm ready on Wednesday
The world's on fire until I'm ready on Thursday
The world's on fire until I'm ready on Friday
The world's on fire until I'm ready on Saturday
The world's on fire until I'm ready on Sunday
Lyrics submitted by Shattering
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