"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.
There is a place where time stands still
Where evil flies but it's never will
Where souls are searched one by one
And voices ring out, for the day has begun
You can hear them sing
You can feel them sing
You can be them singing
We are the brown-eyed pickle boys
Searching for truth and freedom
We are the brown-eyed pickle boys
Roaming the world we see
We'll roam around, touch the ground
Don't wipe it away
Take what you need but not in a foolish way
There is a pool, a dent in the earth
Where water stands from the clouds of birth
They cool themselves from the aim of the sun
Where voices scream out for the passion of fun
You can hear them sing
You can feel them sing
You can be them singing
We are the brown-eyed pickle boys
Searching for truth and freedom
We are the brown-eyed pickle boys
Swimming the world we see
We'll swim around, splash around
But don't wash it away
Take what you need but not in a foolish way
Take what you need but not in a selfish way
It's all so clear, it's far from me now
This vision of hope, this vision of sound
Where man is kind and cares for the earth
Where voices cry out for the plea of self-worth
You can hear them sing
You can feel them sing
You can be them singing
We are the brown-eyed pickle boys
Searching for truth and freedom
We are the brown-eyed pickle boys
Roaming the world we see
We'll roam around, touch the ground
Don't wipe it away
Take what you need but not in a foolish way
Take what you need but not in a selfish way
Take what you need but not in a foolish way
Where evil flies but it's never will
Where souls are searched one by one
And voices ring out, for the day has begun
You can hear them sing
You can feel them sing
You can be them singing
We are the brown-eyed pickle boys
Searching for truth and freedom
We are the brown-eyed pickle boys
Roaming the world we see
We'll roam around, touch the ground
Don't wipe it away
Take what you need but not in a foolish way
There is a pool, a dent in the earth
Where water stands from the clouds of birth
They cool themselves from the aim of the sun
Where voices scream out for the passion of fun
You can hear them sing
You can feel them sing
You can be them singing
We are the brown-eyed pickle boys
Searching for truth and freedom
We are the brown-eyed pickle boys
Swimming the world we see
We'll swim around, splash around
But don't wash it away
Take what you need but not in a foolish way
Take what you need but not in a selfish way
It's all so clear, it's far from me now
This vision of hope, this vision of sound
Where man is kind and cares for the earth
Where voices cry out for the plea of self-worth
You can hear them sing
You can feel them sing
You can be them singing
We are the brown-eyed pickle boys
Searching for truth and freedom
We are the brown-eyed pickle boys
Roaming the world we see
We'll roam around, touch the ground
Don't wipe it away
Take what you need but not in a foolish way
Take what you need but not in a selfish way
Take what you need but not in a foolish way
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