"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'm drunk and I swear this crescent, is just a curse
I got here by killing off all my friends
I think I figured out my life begins when the fun ends
I got my wings, I'm free to go as I please
yeah, I got my wings, no nothing really pleases me 'till
everything falls apart
then I get to try to put it back together
yeah, it falls apart
you can count on that, count on that
now whether it can
wasn't good, I don't remember much about it
when things start to feel right
you can count on me to start to doubt it
and the devil's know, in the details
now the devil's in my hand, and it's
shoot first apologize later and
another quick end to a sure shots movement
I got what I wanted, now I don't want anything
yeah, I got what I wanted and now my life is just boring 'till
everything falls apart
then I get to try to put it back together
yeah, it falls apart
you can count on that, count on that
now whether it can
I met god this afternoon, riding on an uptown train
I said, "don't you have better things to do?"
he said, "if I do my job, what would you complain about?"
so I let it go to hell, now I have something to do
I said, "I let it go to hell," does that sound familiar to you?
everything falls apart
then I get to try to put it back together
yeah, it falls apart
you can count on that, count on that
now whether it can
well everything falls apart
sooner or later it's gonna come back together
well everything that comes together
sooner or later it's gonna fall apart
pull it all away from you
you're gonna wake up wake
and find a new you
I got here by killing off all my friends
I think I figured out my life begins when the fun ends
I got my wings, I'm free to go as I please
yeah, I got my wings, no nothing really pleases me 'till
everything falls apart
then I get to try to put it back together
yeah, it falls apart
you can count on that, count on that
now whether it can
wasn't good, I don't remember much about it
when things start to feel right
you can count on me to start to doubt it
and the devil's know, in the details
now the devil's in my hand, and it's
shoot first apologize later and
another quick end to a sure shots movement
I got what I wanted, now I don't want anything
yeah, I got what I wanted and now my life is just boring 'till
everything falls apart
then I get to try to put it back together
yeah, it falls apart
you can count on that, count on that
now whether it can
I met god this afternoon, riding on an uptown train
I said, "don't you have better things to do?"
he said, "if I do my job, what would you complain about?"
so I let it go to hell, now I have something to do
I said, "I let it go to hell," does that sound familiar to you?
everything falls apart
then I get to try to put it back together
yeah, it falls apart
you can count on that, count on that
now whether it can
well everything falls apart
sooner or later it's gonna come back together
well everything that comes together
sooner or later it's gonna fall apart
pull it all away from you
you're gonna wake up wake
and find a new you
Lyrics submitted by tallgrl45, edited by jamc100, SusanBassPlayer, triballion7
Everything Falls Apart Lyrics as written by Peter F Stuart
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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The lyrics are all wrong, it is definitely "The devils is in my pants" I suggest getting the lyrics for this song somewhere else.