"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.
Three little piggies tryin' to run with the biggies
Got to reap what they sow someday
One got ballin' and the second kept stallin'
And the other one ran away
Now don't you think that should've been fine
The kicks and luxury wine
But it's dirty
Don't you think that should've been swell
Run around movin' so well
But it's dirty
You'll find out you're movin' too slow
when there's no place left to go
It gets dirty
Three young babies got the rock and roll crazies
And they each went into a slide
One kept hootin' and the other kept shootin'
And the other one up and died
Now don't you think that should've been fine...
Three cute chickies hangin' out with the sickies
Do their best now to run with the pack
One took the Navy and the other took Davie
and the other one never come back
Now don't you think that should've been fine
The kicks and luxury wine
But it's dirty.
Got to reap what they sow someday
One got ballin' and the second kept stallin'
And the other one ran away
Now don't you think that should've been fine
The kicks and luxury wine
But it's dirty
Don't you think that should've been swell
Run around movin' so well
But it's dirty
You'll find out you're movin' too slow
when there's no place left to go
It gets dirty
Three young babies got the rock and roll crazies
And they each went into a slide
One kept hootin' and the other kept shootin'
And the other one up and died
Now don't you think that should've been fine...
Three cute chickies hangin' out with the sickies
Do their best now to run with the pack
One took the Navy and the other took Davie
and the other one never come back
Now don't you think that should've been fine
The kicks and luxury wine
But it's dirty.
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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