"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.
Blue, songs are like tattoos
You know I've been to sea before
Crown and anchor me
Or let me sail away
Hey blue, here is a song for you
Ink on a pin
Underneath the skin
An empty space to fill in
Well there's so many sinking
We've got to keep thinking
We can make it through these waves
Acid, booze and ass
Needles, guns and grass
Lots of laughs, lots of laughs
Everybody's saying that
Hell's the hippest way to go
Well I don't think so
But I'm gonna take a look around it though
Blue, I love you.
Blue, here is a shell for you
Inside you'll hear a sigh
A foggy lullaby
Here is your song from me.
You know I've been to sea before
Crown and anchor me
Or let me sail away
Hey blue, here is a song for you
Ink on a pin
Underneath the skin
An empty space to fill in
Well there's so many sinking
We've got to keep thinking
We can make it through these waves
Acid, booze and ass
Needles, guns and grass
Lots of laughs, lots of laughs
Everybody's saying that
Hell's the hippest way to go
Well I don't think so
But I'm gonna take a look around it though
Blue, I love you.
Blue, here is a shell for you
Inside you'll hear a sigh
A foggy lullaby
Here is your song from me.
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i've never actually heard this song though i bet it is great just like the rest of Sarah's songs,
however reading the lyrics bring emotion to mind. Sarah's lyrics always have a way of making things personal for her listeners, that is why i love her music so much.
i guess i'll have to download this one...
This actually isn't a Sarah song, but a Joni Mitchell song. Even though Sarah herself does a beautiful rendition. The song, just about brings me to tears whenever I hear it.
Seriously one of the saddest songs ever written.
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