"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.
Jamais de fantaisie, elle en a marre de tous ces interdits
Tout le temps, tout le temps, tout le temps
Cendrillon des técis, elle voudrait danser
Quand vient la nuit
Tout le temps, tout le temps, tout le temps
Maintenant t'as passé l'âge
D'être une petite fille sage
{Refrain:}
Assez! Stop! de se taire
Pour toutes les "sistas" solitaires
Faut tout envoyer en l'air
Tu sais ce qu'il te faut te laisse pas faire
Jamais de maquillage, mais elle se tape les courses et le ménage
Tout le temps, tout le temps, tout le temps
A présent tu dois briser la glace
Quand on choisit un homme à ta place
T'as le temps, tout le temps, pas le temps de perdre ton temps
She wanna dance, now it's cinderella'chance
She's gonna dance, dance dance dance dance
She wanna dance, girl it's cinderella'chance
She's gonna dance
If your parents keep your daughters locked up in the cellar
What's you gather?
Tant pis pour la morale, n'aie pas peur du scandale
{au Refrain}
Partir sur un nuage et surfer sur les étoiles
Tout autour de la terre
Prendre une grande bouffée d'air
Vivre libre, vivre vrai
Voir naître enfin la joie en soi
Assez! Assez!
{au Refrain}
Tout le temps, tout le temps, tout le temps
Cendrillon des técis, elle voudrait danser
Quand vient la nuit
Tout le temps, tout le temps, tout le temps
Maintenant t'as passé l'âge
D'être une petite fille sage
{Refrain:}
Assez! Stop! de se taire
Pour toutes les "sistas" solitaires
Faut tout envoyer en l'air
Tu sais ce qu'il te faut te laisse pas faire
Jamais de maquillage, mais elle se tape les courses et le ménage
Tout le temps, tout le temps, tout le temps
A présent tu dois briser la glace
Quand on choisit un homme à ta place
T'as le temps, tout le temps, pas le temps de perdre ton temps
She wanna dance, now it's cinderella'chance
She's gonna dance, dance dance dance dance
She wanna dance, girl it's cinderella'chance
She's gonna dance
If your parents keep your daughters locked up in the cellar
What's you gather?
Tant pis pour la morale, n'aie pas peur du scandale
{au Refrain}
Partir sur un nuage et surfer sur les étoiles
Tout autour de la terre
Prendre une grande bouffée d'air
Vivre libre, vivre vrai
Voir naître enfin la joie en soi
Assez! Assez!
{au Refrain}
Lyrics submitted by Lamia
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