"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.
Y qué voy a hacer con mi despiste selectivo
Y con mi sueño frustrado de aprender a cocinar
Y qué voy a hacer con los Domingos
Y feriados ningún plan es apropiado
Cuando intento no pensar
Dime acaso a dónde vas
Ahora que no estoy
Dime acaso a dónde voy
Ahora que no estás
Qué me inventaré para decirle al mundo
Entero si me ven tumbada al suelo
Y sin mas ganas de volar
Cómo escondo este par de alas rotas
Y las suelas de mis botas cansadas
De caminar
Dime acaso a dónde vas
Ahora que no estoy
Dime acaso a dónde voy
Ahora que no estás
Yo quiero que vuelvas
Que te están reclamando
Mis labios que hace tiempo no besas
Yo quiero que regreses
Ya ves que hasta mis manos
De tanto no tocarte me duelen me duelen
Y qué voy a hacer si mi barbilla llega al piso
Y aunque intente la sonrisa no me sale natural
Si ya me han visto con la mirada perdida
Unas cuantas libras menos
Y unas lagrimas de mas
Dime acaso a dónde vas
Ahora que no estoy
Dime acaso a dónde voy
Ahora que no estás
Yo quiero que vuelvas
Que te están reclamando
Mis labios que hace tiempo no besas
Yo quiero que regreses
Ya ves que hasta mis manos
De tanto no tocarte me duelen
Yo quiero que vuelvas
Que te están reclamando
Mis labios que hace tiempo no besas
Yo quiero que regreses
Si sabías que eras para mí
Y siempre quisiste estar aquí
Aun no entiendo cómo, cuándo, dónde
Ni por qué te perdí, yo no sé vivir así
Yo quiero que vuelvas
Yo quiero que regreses
Yo quiero que vuelvas
Que te están reclamando
Mis labios que hace tiempo no besas
Yo quiero que regreses
Ya ves que hasta mis manos
De tanto no tocarte me duelen me duelen
Y con mi sueño frustrado de aprender a cocinar
Y qué voy a hacer con los Domingos
Y feriados ningún plan es apropiado
Cuando intento no pensar
Dime acaso a dónde vas
Ahora que no estoy
Dime acaso a dónde voy
Ahora que no estás
Qué me inventaré para decirle al mundo
Entero si me ven tumbada al suelo
Y sin mas ganas de volar
Cómo escondo este par de alas rotas
Y las suelas de mis botas cansadas
De caminar
Dime acaso a dónde vas
Ahora que no estoy
Dime acaso a dónde voy
Ahora que no estás
Yo quiero que vuelvas
Que te están reclamando
Mis labios que hace tiempo no besas
Yo quiero que regreses
Ya ves que hasta mis manos
De tanto no tocarte me duelen me duelen
Y qué voy a hacer si mi barbilla llega al piso
Y aunque intente la sonrisa no me sale natural
Si ya me han visto con la mirada perdida
Unas cuantas libras menos
Y unas lagrimas de mas
Dime acaso a dónde vas
Ahora que no estoy
Dime acaso a dónde voy
Ahora que no estás
Yo quiero que vuelvas
Que te están reclamando
Mis labios que hace tiempo no besas
Yo quiero que regreses
Ya ves que hasta mis manos
De tanto no tocarte me duelen
Yo quiero que vuelvas
Que te están reclamando
Mis labios que hace tiempo no besas
Yo quiero que regreses
Si sabías que eras para mí
Y siempre quisiste estar aquí
Aun no entiendo cómo, cuándo, dónde
Ni por qué te perdí, yo no sé vivir así
Yo quiero que vuelvas
Yo quiero que regreses
Yo quiero que vuelvas
Que te están reclamando
Mis labios que hace tiempo no besas
Yo quiero que regreses
Ya ves que hasta mis manos
De tanto no tocarte me duelen me duelen
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this is such a cool song. i really enjoyed it. its about her saying that she wants her man back. what is she going to do without him?? what is he going to do without her? she doesnt understan how, when where or why she lost him, but she knows that she cant live that way and she wants him to return to him because she really misses him. like i said, its a good song, and the music is cool too.