"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 would like to start off by saying,
I had everything to do with it,
You may think that I lie real well,
You can tell that I'm holding it in.
Nevermind the time,
Or the spinning of your head,
I can tell my life was changing,
Since the minute I met you,
And if I stop ever thinking of you,
I'd probably choke on the words I never said,
And if I stop ever thinking of you,
I'd bury my heart and fall back in my bed,
And what a sight that'll be. yeah.
I will never tell you this,
But I'm scared of falling apart,
And it may seem like I'm holdng it together,
But the weather is making it hard,
Nevermind the time,
Or the spinning of your head,
I could tell my life was changing,
Since the minute I met you,
And if I stop ever thinking of you,
I'd probably choke on the words I never said,
And if I stop ever thinking of you,
I'd bury my heart and fall back in my bed,
And what a sight that'll be,
All my friends surrounding me,
Just cause you made it this far...
Doesn't mean you've made it.
And if i stop ever thinking of you,
I'd probably choke on the words I never said,
And if I stop ever thinking of you,
I'd bury my heart and fall back in my bed,
And if i STOP ever thinking of you,
I'd probably choke on the words I never said,
And if I stop ever thinking of you,
I'd bury my heart and fall back in my bed,
And what a sight that'll be..
And what a sight that'll be... YEAH!
I had everything to do with it,
You may think that I lie real well,
You can tell that I'm holding it in.
Nevermind the time,
Or the spinning of your head,
I can tell my life was changing,
Since the minute I met you,
And if I stop ever thinking of you,
I'd probably choke on the words I never said,
And if I stop ever thinking of you,
I'd bury my heart and fall back in my bed,
And what a sight that'll be. yeah.
I will never tell you this,
But I'm scared of falling apart,
And it may seem like I'm holdng it together,
But the weather is making it hard,
Nevermind the time,
Or the spinning of your head,
I could tell my life was changing,
Since the minute I met you,
And if I stop ever thinking of you,
I'd probably choke on the words I never said,
And if I stop ever thinking of you,
I'd bury my heart and fall back in my bed,
And what a sight that'll be,
All my friends surrounding me,
Just cause you made it this far...
Doesn't mean you've made it.
And if i stop ever thinking of you,
I'd probably choke on the words I never said,
And if I stop ever thinking of you,
I'd bury my heart and fall back in my bed,
And if i STOP ever thinking of you,
I'd probably choke on the words I never said,
And if I stop ever thinking of you,
I'd bury my heart and fall back in my bed,
And what a sight that'll be..
And what a sight that'll be... YEAH!
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