"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 melting in the sun
And this is what they call the life
I suppose too much sun
Makes a desert Arab say
I really love this country
And there's a lot I want to see
Great expectations
Of all we seem to be
And the winner
And the winner, and the winner
Do you want to make a story up
There's enough it always seems
If it happened all this morning
Tonight we'll see it on TV
Great expectations
Of all we seem to be
Great expectations
(Take a look around you)
Of all we seem to be
(Take a look around you)
And the winner
And the winner, and the winner
She was twelve and knew the world
Her boyfriend knew a dance to this
Everybody's got advice
Take a snake take a ladder
And this is what they call the life
I'm melting in the sun
Great expectations
Of all we seem to be
Great expectations
(Take a look around you)
Of all we seem to be
(Take a look around you)
And the winner
And the winner, and the winner
And this is what they call the life
I suppose too much sun
Makes a desert Arab say
I really love this country
And there's a lot I want to see
Great expectations
Of all we seem to be
And the winner
And the winner, and the winner
Do you want to make a story up
There's enough it always seems
If it happened all this morning
Tonight we'll see it on TV
Great expectations
Of all we seem to be
Great expectations
(Take a look around you)
Of all we seem to be
(Take a look around you)
And the winner
And the winner, and the winner
She was twelve and knew the world
Her boyfriend knew a dance to this
Everybody's got advice
Take a snake take a ladder
And this is what they call the life
I'm melting in the sun
Great expectations
Of all we seem to be
Great expectations
(Take a look around you)
Of all we seem to be
(Take a look around you)
And the winner
And the winner, and the winner
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Melting in the Sun Lyrics as written by Michael Hutchence Jon Farriss
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