"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.
What the hell are you doing later on
I've got some beer and I don't have a gun
I want to find out I want to try out
The possibilities of having some fun
And I'm seeing now that
I've never seen this place before
And I'm realising
I'm alone
Got no home
Need a loan
But I'm not on metha-
there's a time for and there's a place for
Ultra-violence and its not on my side
I tried to dissect but where's the respect
There's still respect in an inanimate life
And its looking like
Its time to escape again
There could be something wrong but
I'm alone
Got no home
Need a loan
But I'm not on methadone
Need a phone
With a tone
But I'm not on methadone
I just don't
Have to go
Because I'm not allowed to go
Why don't you stay awhile
And I'm realizing I've never tried
To see anything the same
Of all the good things
Of all the ugly things
there's a point where you don't have to hide
Its time to understand
That even Superman
He had his problems
But he knew how to fly
I've got some beer and I don't have a gun
I want to find out I want to try out
The possibilities of having some fun
And I'm seeing now that
I've never seen this place before
And I'm realising
I'm alone
Got no home
Need a loan
But I'm not on metha-
there's a time for and there's a place for
Ultra-violence and its not on my side
I tried to dissect but where's the respect
There's still respect in an inanimate life
And its looking like
Its time to escape again
There could be something wrong but
I'm alone
Got no home
Need a loan
But I'm not on methadone
Need a phone
With a tone
But I'm not on methadone
I just don't
Have to go
Because I'm not allowed to go
Why don't you stay awhile
And I'm realizing I've never tried
To see anything the same
Of all the good things
Of all the ugly things
there's a point where you don't have to hide
Its time to understand
That even Superman
He had his problems
But he knew how to fly
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