"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.
Sí, ya es hora de esconder del mundo el dolor
Bajo la piel
Mas sé que estaré bien, los gatos como yo
Caen de pie
No quiero jugar mi suerte por ti
No puedo con V pequeña vivir
Pronto estaré de aquí
Muy, muy lejos
Ahí me voy otra vez, ahí te dejo Madrid
Tus rutinas de piel y tus ganas de huir
Yo no quiero cobardes que me hagan sufrir
Mejor le digo adiós a tu boca de anís
Sí, ya es hora de limpiar las manchas de miel
Sobre el mantel
Yo nunca supe actuar y mis labios se ven
Muertos de sed
No quiero dejarlo todo al azar
Entiendo que he comenzado a estorbar
Pronto estaré de ti
Muy, muy lejos
Ahí me voy otra vez, ahí te dejo Madrid
Tus rutinas de piel y tus ganas de huir
Yo no quiero cobardes que me hagan sufrir
Mejor le digo adiós a tu boca de anís
Ah
Ah
Ahí me voy otra vez, ahí te dejo Madrid
Tus rutinas de piel y tus ganas de huir
Yo no quiero cobardes que me hagan sufrir
Mejor le digo adiós a tu boca de
Ahí me voy otra vez, ahí te dejo Madrid
Tus rutinas de piel y tus ganas de huir
Yo no quiero cobardes que me hagan sufrir
Mejor le digo adiós a tu boca de anís
Ahí te dejo Madrid
Madrid
A tu boca de anís
A tu boca de anís, yeah
Bajo la piel
Mas sé que estaré bien, los gatos como yo
Caen de pie
No quiero jugar mi suerte por ti
No puedo con V pequeña vivir
Pronto estaré de aquí
Muy, muy lejos
Ahí me voy otra vez, ahí te dejo Madrid
Tus rutinas de piel y tus ganas de huir
Yo no quiero cobardes que me hagan sufrir
Mejor le digo adiós a tu boca de anís
Sí, ya es hora de limpiar las manchas de miel
Sobre el mantel
Yo nunca supe actuar y mis labios se ven
Muertos de sed
No quiero dejarlo todo al azar
Entiendo que he comenzado a estorbar
Pronto estaré de ti
Muy, muy lejos
Ahí me voy otra vez, ahí te dejo Madrid
Tus rutinas de piel y tus ganas de huir
Yo no quiero cobardes que me hagan sufrir
Mejor le digo adiós a tu boca de anís
Ah
Ah
Ahí me voy otra vez, ahí te dejo Madrid
Tus rutinas de piel y tus ganas de huir
Yo no quiero cobardes que me hagan sufrir
Mejor le digo adiós a tu boca de
Ahí me voy otra vez, ahí te dejo Madrid
Tus rutinas de piel y tus ganas de huir
Yo no quiero cobardes que me hagan sufrir
Mejor le digo adiós a tu boca de anís
Ahí te dejo Madrid
Madrid
A tu boca de anís
A tu boca de anís, yeah
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