"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 wake up in the morning
Not knowing where I'm going
And I'm wondering
If you're the one for me
We see each other and pretend
The love we shared will have no end
We know it's not meant to be
We stand tall but we stand still
There's nothing left to fulfill
Our hopes and dreams will never be!
You speak in math
But I haven't got the answers
And you play your games
Better than I play my guitar
When you run around the town
They ask what to call you
A dream queen rockin the scene
They want to call you anything
They'll speak your name
A claim to fame
A claim to fame
Thinking back to what you said
Those restless nights in your bed
I know that
I know why
Wake up in the morning
Not knowing where I'm going
And I'm wondering
If you're the one for me
We see each other and pretend
The love we shared will have no end
We know it's not meant to be
We stand tall but we stand still
There's nothing left to fulfill
Our hopes and dreams will never be!
You speak in math
But I haven't got the answers
And you play your games
Better than I play my guitar
When you run around the town
They ask what to call you
A dream queen rockin the scene
They want to call you anything
They'll speak your name
A claim to fame
A claim to fame
When you speak in verbs
But I don't know where you're going
And you play your games
Better than I play my guitar
Wake up in the morning.
Not knowing where I'm going.
And I'm wondering
If you're the one for me
Not knowing where I'm going
And I'm wondering
If you're the one for me
We see each other and pretend
The love we shared will have no end
We know it's not meant to be
We stand tall but we stand still
There's nothing left to fulfill
Our hopes and dreams will never be!
You speak in math
But I haven't got the answers
And you play your games
Better than I play my guitar
When you run around the town
They ask what to call you
A dream queen rockin the scene
They want to call you anything
They'll speak your name
A claim to fame
A claim to fame
Thinking back to what you said
Those restless nights in your bed
I know that
I know why
Wake up in the morning
Not knowing where I'm going
And I'm wondering
If you're the one for me
We see each other and pretend
The love we shared will have no end
We know it's not meant to be
We stand tall but we stand still
There's nothing left to fulfill
Our hopes and dreams will never be!
You speak in math
But I haven't got the answers
And you play your games
Better than I play my guitar
When you run around the town
They ask what to call you
A dream queen rockin the scene
They want to call you anything
They'll speak your name
A claim to fame
A claim to fame
When you speak in verbs
But I don't know where you're going
And you play your games
Better than I play my guitar
Wake up in the morning.
Not knowing where I'm going.
And I'm wondering
If you're the one for me
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