"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.
Met'em in a hotel
Met'em in a hotel beneath ground
Tell me that he's missing
Tell me this is one for Lollipop Gestapo
You were wild where are you now
You were wild where are you now
Give me more
Give me more
Give me more
I have to learn to let you crash down
I have to learn to let you crash
Met'em in a hotel
Met'em in a hotel
You say he's the biggest thing
There'll be this year
I guess that what I'm seeking
I guess that what I'm seeking isn't here
Met him in a hotel
Met him in a guess world
Guessed anyone but you
You were wild where are you now
You were wild where are you now
Give me more
Give me more
Give me more
I have to learn to let you crash down
I have to learn to let you crash
Where are the velvets
When you're coming down
You were wild where are you now
You were wild where are you now
King Solomon's Mines
Exit 75
I'm still alive
I'm still alive
I'm still alive
Met'em in a hotel beneath ground
Tell me that he's missing
Tell me this is one for Lollipop Gestapo
You were wild where are you now
You were wild where are you now
Give me more
Give me more
Give me more
I have to learn to let you crash down
I have to learn to let you crash
Met'em in a hotel
Met'em in a hotel
You say he's the biggest thing
There'll be this year
I guess that what I'm seeking
I guess that what I'm seeking isn't here
Met him in a hotel
Met him in a guess world
Guessed anyone but you
You were wild where are you now
You were wild where are you now
Give me more
Give me more
Give me more
I have to learn to let you crash down
I have to learn to let you crash
Where are the velvets
When you're coming down
You were wild where are you now
You were wild where are you now
King Solomon's Mines
Exit 75
I'm still alive
I'm still alive
I'm still alive
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