"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.
Sometimes, the most beautiful things
The most innocent things
And many of those dreams, pass us by
Keep passing me by
You feel good
I said it's funny that you understood
I knew you would
When you were good
You were very, very good
So I close my eyes softly
Till I become that part of the wind
That we all long for sometime, yeah
And to those that I love, like a ghost through a fog
Like a charmed hour and a haunted song
And the angel of my dreams
Angel of my dreams
You said, you feel good
I said it's funny that you understood
I knew you would
When you were good, baby
Ooh you were very good
I still look up
When you walk in the room
I've the same wide eyes
Now they tell the story
I try not to reach out (ooh)
When you turn 'round you say hello
And we both pretend
No great pretender
So I close my eyes softly
Till I become that part of the wind
That we all long for sometime, yeah
And to those that I love, like a ghost through a fog
Like a charmed hour and a haunted song
And the angel, angel of my dreams
Angel of my dreams
I still look up, yeah (ooh)
I try hard not to look up, yeah (ooh)
That girl was me, yeah-yeah-yeah yeah (ooh)
Track a ghost through the fog, yeah (ooh)
A charmed hour and a haunted song, yeah (ooh)
Go track a ghost through the fog baby, yeah (ooh)
Go track a ghost through the fog baby (ooh)
Ooh, you try hard
But you'll never catch me, yeah
Ooh, that girl was me
The most innocent things
And many of those dreams, pass us by
Keep passing me by
You feel good
I said it's funny that you understood
I knew you would
When you were good
You were very, very good
So I close my eyes softly
Till I become that part of the wind
That we all long for sometime, yeah
And to those that I love, like a ghost through a fog
Like a charmed hour and a haunted song
And the angel of my dreams
Angel of my dreams
You said, you feel good
I said it's funny that you understood
I knew you would
When you were good, baby
Ooh you were very good
I still look up
When you walk in the room
I've the same wide eyes
Now they tell the story
I try not to reach out (ooh)
When you turn 'round you say hello
And we both pretend
No great pretender
So I close my eyes softly
Till I become that part of the wind
That we all long for sometime, yeah
And to those that I love, like a ghost through a fog
Like a charmed hour and a haunted song
And the angel, angel of my dreams
Angel of my dreams
I still look up, yeah (ooh)
I try hard not to look up, yeah (ooh)
That girl was me, yeah-yeah-yeah yeah (ooh)
Track a ghost through the fog, yeah (ooh)
A charmed hour and a haunted song, yeah (ooh)
Go track a ghost through the fog baby, yeah (ooh)
Go track a ghost through the fog baby (ooh)
Ooh, you try hard
But you'll never catch me, yeah
Ooh, that girl was me
Lyrics submitted by oofus, edited by noelsguitar
Angel Lyrics as written by Stephanie Nicks
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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