"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.
You didn't care, you went and broke my heart
I'll get you back, you know it's gonna start
You gave me pain, look what you've done to me
When I get through you'll be sorry you met me
You'll wish you were never born
Blackmail, blackmail
I'll make you pay for the life that you tore
Blackmail, blackmail
You put it to me and now we'll play my game
I'll wrap you up and you'll go insane
It took so long and I waited my turn
You pay your debt, I'm gonna make you burn, you know
You'll wish you were never born
Blackmail, blackmail
I'll make you pay for the life that you tore
Blackmail, blackmail
I know about you and I'm gonna tell
The way I planned, you're gonna go through hell
You listen to what I'm about to say
Or you won't live to see the light of day, you know
You'll wish you were never born
Blackmail, blackmail
I'll make you pay for the life that you tore
Blackmail, blackmail
One more time, blackmail, blackmail
I'll get you back, you know it's gonna start
You gave me pain, look what you've done to me
When I get through you'll be sorry you met me
You'll wish you were never born
Blackmail, blackmail
I'll make you pay for the life that you tore
Blackmail, blackmail
You put it to me and now we'll play my game
I'll wrap you up and you'll go insane
It took so long and I waited my turn
You pay your debt, I'm gonna make you burn, you know
You'll wish you were never born
Blackmail, blackmail
I'll make you pay for the life that you tore
Blackmail, blackmail
I know about you and I'm gonna tell
The way I planned, you're gonna go through hell
You listen to what I'm about to say
Or you won't live to see the light of day, you know
You'll wish you were never born
Blackmail, blackmail
I'll make you pay for the life that you tore
Blackmail, blackmail
One more time, blackmail, blackmail
Lyrics submitted by spliphstar
Blackmail Lyrics as written by Joan Jett Kim Fowley
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Peermusic Publishing
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