"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've been lookin' for a trace
Lookin' for a heart
Lookin' for a lover in a world
That's much too dark
You don't want my love
You want satisfaction oh yeah
You don't need my love
You got to find yourself another
Piece of the action, yeah
Said where you going
What you going to do
I've been looking everywhere
I've been looking for you
You don't want my love
You want satisfaction
I have got your satisfaction
You don't need my love
You got to find yourself another
Piece of the action
Because you're crazy hey hey
You're fucking crazy oh my
You know you're crazy oh child
I said you're crazy ay, ay, yeah
Yeah, aow
Oh!
Oh
Say, boy, where you coming from
Where would you get that point of view
When I was younger said I knew someone like you
And they said you don't want my love
You want to satisfaction yeah
You don't need my love
You have got to find yourself another
Piece of the action
'Cause you're crazy, hey hey
You're fucking crazy, oh my
You know you're crazy, oh child
I said you're crazy
Oh, you're crazy
You know you're crazy
Well, you're crazy
You know you're crazy, oh
You know you are
Bring it down you're fuckin' crazy
Lookin' for a heart
Lookin' for a lover in a world
That's much too dark
You don't want my love
You want satisfaction oh yeah
You don't need my love
You got to find yourself another
Piece of the action, yeah
Said where you going
What you going to do
I've been looking everywhere
I've been looking for you
You don't want my love
You want satisfaction
I have got your satisfaction
You don't need my love
You got to find yourself another
Piece of the action
Because you're crazy hey hey
You're fucking crazy oh my
You know you're crazy oh child
I said you're crazy ay, ay, yeah
Yeah, aow
Oh!
Oh
Say, boy, where you coming from
Where would you get that point of view
When I was younger said I knew someone like you
And they said you don't want my love
You want to satisfaction yeah
You don't need my love
You have got to find yourself another
Piece of the action
'Cause you're crazy, hey hey
You're fucking crazy, oh my
You know you're crazy, oh child
I said you're crazy
Oh, you're crazy
You know you're crazy
Well, you're crazy
You know you're crazy, oh
You know you are
Bring it down you're fuckin' crazy
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