"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.
Oh I really love it here!
Oh you've thought of it all!
Candlelight! coconut ice! and fur on the floor!
And I really love the way you wear your hair
And nothing more
So tell me
What is going on?
I was sure I'd already gone
But all you say is we're all spinning
It's really not just me
But that doesn't seem to help me figure out how I
A prisoner in P-V-C a minute after three
It didn't used to be like this
Must be all that sleep I missed
Yeah but I really love it here!
You've done everything to please!
Stolichnaya! banco de gaia! bad timing on TV!
And I really love the way you turn
Your smile into striptease
But I'm still not sure what's going on
And I can't help feeling something?s wrong
But you just say that we're all spinning
And it's really not just me
But that doesn't seem to help me figure out how I can be
Still wrapped inside your rubber as I wriggle at your feet
No it didn't used to be like this
Must be something strange I kissed
Maybe when my eyes were closed?
So tell me what is going on?
I'm sure that I've already gone
But all you say is we're all spinning
And it's really not just me
But that doesn't seem to help me figure out how I can be
Still fixed inside your fantasy
A TV refugee
So tell me what is going on?
Just can't help feeling something's wrong
Or is it right this way I feel?
Someone get me out of here!
I'm waiting on my knees
Oh you've thought of it all!
Candlelight! coconut ice! and fur on the floor!
And I really love the way you wear your hair
And nothing more
So tell me
What is going on?
I was sure I'd already gone
But all you say is we're all spinning
It's really not just me
But that doesn't seem to help me figure out how I
A prisoner in P-V-C a minute after three
It didn't used to be like this
Must be all that sleep I missed
Yeah but I really love it here!
You've done everything to please!
Stolichnaya! banco de gaia! bad timing on TV!
And I really love the way you turn
Your smile into striptease
But I'm still not sure what's going on
And I can't help feeling something?s wrong
But you just say that we're all spinning
And it's really not just me
But that doesn't seem to help me figure out how I can be
Still wrapped inside your rubber as I wriggle at your feet
No it didn't used to be like this
Must be something strange I kissed
Maybe when my eyes were closed?
So tell me what is going on?
I'm sure that I've already gone
But all you say is we're all spinning
And it's really not just me
But that doesn't seem to help me figure out how I can be
Still fixed inside your fantasy
A TV refugee
So tell me what is going on?
Just can't help feeling something's wrong
Or is it right this way I feel?
Someone get me out of here!
I'm waiting on my knees
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