"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.
Walk along with me
Walk along with me
Won't you walk with me
Walkin' home honey
Sittin' on a park bench
Not a penny in our pocket
But that's alright now
Strummin' on the guitar
All the girls sayin' we rockin'
And I'm feelin' hot now
Workin' on a sun tan
We don't even try and block it
And its hot as hell
But we don't care
Cause we don't have to go nowhere
We're just chillin' day by day
Walk along with me
Walk along with me
Won't you walk with me
Walkin' home honey
Walk along with me
Walk along with me
Won't you walk with me
Walkin home honey
Chillin' in the sunshine
Hangin' by the fester fountain
Watch the puppet show
And slowly gettin' stoned
While the highway cribs is dancin'
And I start To zone
Until I hear a baby cry
Bringin' up my daydream
Happins all the time
But that's alright
You know its just a part of life
We gotta take it day by day
Walk along with me
Walk along with me
Won't you walk with me
Walkin' home honey
Walk along with me
Walk along with me
Won't you walk with me
Walkin' home honey
I still believe
I can fly
I get higher and higher
I will be free
I will fly higher and higher
Higher and higher
She out havin' fun
Drippin' on the good time
Haggin' with the girls
Out in the sunshine
Strummin' on the guitar
Rockin' like a rockstar
Mama always said her baby gonna go real far
Crazy vibe
I catch a ride
Want to go around the world
And see the flip side
You and me
Can't you see
Everything we need to be now
Walk along with me
Walk along with me
Won't you walk with me
Walkin' home honey
Walk along with me
Walk along with me
Won't you walk with me
Walkin' home honey
Walk along with me (I still believe)
Walk along with me (i can fly)
Won't you walk with me(I get higher and higher
Walkin' home honey (i will be free)
Walk along with me ( I will fly)
Walk along with me (i get higher and higher)
Won't you walk with me
Walkin' home honey
Walk along with me
Won't you walk with me
Walkin' home honey
Sittin' on a park bench
Not a penny in our pocket
But that's alright now
Strummin' on the guitar
All the girls sayin' we rockin'
And I'm feelin' hot now
Workin' on a sun tan
We don't even try and block it
And its hot as hell
But we don't care
Cause we don't have to go nowhere
We're just chillin' day by day
Walk along with me
Walk along with me
Won't you walk with me
Walkin' home honey
Walk along with me
Walk along with me
Won't you walk with me
Walkin home honey
Chillin' in the sunshine
Hangin' by the fester fountain
Watch the puppet show
And slowly gettin' stoned
While the highway cribs is dancin'
And I start To zone
Until I hear a baby cry
Bringin' up my daydream
Happins all the time
But that's alright
You know its just a part of life
We gotta take it day by day
Walk along with me
Walk along with me
Won't you walk with me
Walkin' home honey
Walk along with me
Walk along with me
Won't you walk with me
Walkin' home honey
I still believe
I can fly
I get higher and higher
I will be free
I will fly higher and higher
Higher and higher
She out havin' fun
Drippin' on the good time
Haggin' with the girls
Out in the sunshine
Strummin' on the guitar
Rockin' like a rockstar
Mama always said her baby gonna go real far
Crazy vibe
I catch a ride
Want to go around the world
And see the flip side
You and me
Can't you see
Everything we need to be now
Walk along with me
Walk along with me
Won't you walk with me
Walkin' home honey
Walk along with me
Walk along with me
Won't you walk with me
Walkin' home honey
Walk along with me (I still believe)
Walk along with me (i can fly)
Won't you walk with me(I get higher and higher
Walkin' home honey (i will be free)
Walk along with me ( I will fly)
Walk along with me (i get higher and higher)
Won't you walk with me
Walkin' home honey
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