"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.
guess it all started in your apartment (x5)
you were in europe, she was your sublet
and i thought that she looked like an angel
i put my mouth up against her halo
after your party in front of your roommates
we walked out the doorway and got on the subway
we went two at a time through the turnstile
we went two at a time through the turnstile
and i got your postcard, it was from the pantheon
it was the first peek at greece that i'd had in weeks
and i thank you, wanna say i'm sorry that i got your sublet
and i lit her cigarette
and she smoked and i made some progress
we've all got our little secrets
angel have you ever seen the way these city slickers look
I think they look incredible (x3)
angel have you ever seen the way that coney island looks
I think it looks incredible
you were in europe, she was your sublet
and i thought that she looked like an angel
i put my mouth up against her halo
after your party in front of your roommates
we walked out the doorway and got on the subway
we went two at a time through the turnstile
we went two at a time through the turnstile
and i got your postcard, it was from the pantheon
it was the first peek at greece that i'd had in weeks
and i thank you, wanna say i'm sorry that i got your sublet
and i lit her cigarette
and she smoked and i made some progress
we've all got our little secrets
angel have you ever seen the way these city slickers look
I think they look incredible (x3)
angel have you ever seen the way that coney island looks
I think it looks incredible
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