"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.
Some want to see
Those who've gone above
Friends that they've lost
People they love
I'd rather meet
The me down the road
To lead me through the fog
Wouldn't ask for more
Children
Take or leave it
Come, people
You got to give a little, get a little
And see it
Like future you, people
Some things could be
Seen from above
Thread of design
Don't trip me up
Children
Take or leave it
Come, people
You got to give a little, get a little
And see it
Like future you, people
Listen to teacher
Imagine the sound
And listen loud
And then you'll reach that top
Those who've gone above
Friends that they've lost
People they love
I'd rather meet
The me down the road
To lead me through the fog
Wouldn't ask for more
Children
Take or leave it
Come, people
You got to give a little, get a little
And see it
Like future you, people
Some things could be
Seen from above
Thread of design
Don't trip me up
Children
Take or leave it
Come, people
You got to give a little, get a little
And see it
Like future you, people
Listen to teacher
Imagine the sound
And listen loud
And then you'll reach that top
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher, edited by KaptainBadAss, TallTyrion777
Future People Lyrics as written by Brittany Amber Howard Blake Mills
Lyrics © Hipgnosis Songs Group
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Some want to see Those who've gone above Friends that they lost People they love I'd rather meet The me down the road To lead me through the fog Wouldn't ask for more
[Chorus] Children Take or leave it Come, people You got to give a little, get a little And see it Like future people [Verse 2] Some things could be Seen from above Thread of design Don't trip me up
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