"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.
By the way, every little thing about her face
Fills him up, the image so pleasing it could never be erased
Here to stay, embedded in his mind
He wishes they could be together
All the time
By the way she says things, the tone
Just to hear her voice
He can't explain, the sound so exciting to him a perfect choice
Here to stay, embedded in his mind
He wishes they could be together
All the time
A crazy independent Spanish speaking
Arty flirty red wine drinking sexy tomboy
With a natural way of thinking carefree
Innocent she's slightly sneaky
Confident and proud from another country
Has her way lives for today
By the way she's far away
By the way, holding her hugging her can feel so warm
Just think about it, two bodies embracing
Creating love in this form
Here to stay, embedded in his mind
He wishes they could be together
All the time
Crazy independent Spanish speaking arty
Flirty red wine drinking sexy tomboy
With a natural way of thinking crazy
Then she kissed him and she went away
Far across to San Francisco Bay
You'd think that she would think again
And only want to be with him
Regardless of the things that pull her far away, she's far away
A crazy independent Spanish speaking
Arty flirty red wine drinking sexy tomboy
With a natural way of thinking crazy
By the way she's far away and by the way she's far away
A crazy independent Spanish speaking
Arty flirty red wine drinking
By the way she's far away, yeah, ooh and far away
A crazy independent Spanish speaking
Arty flirty red wine drinking
By the way she's far away, hey yeah
Fills him up, the image so pleasing it could never be erased
Here to stay, embedded in his mind
He wishes they could be together
All the time
By the way she says things, the tone
Just to hear her voice
He can't explain, the sound so exciting to him a perfect choice
Here to stay, embedded in his mind
He wishes they could be together
All the time
A crazy independent Spanish speaking
Arty flirty red wine drinking sexy tomboy
With a natural way of thinking carefree
Innocent she's slightly sneaky
Confident and proud from another country
Has her way lives for today
By the way she's far away
By the way, holding her hugging her can feel so warm
Just think about it, two bodies embracing
Creating love in this form
Here to stay, embedded in his mind
He wishes they could be together
All the time
Crazy independent Spanish speaking arty
Flirty red wine drinking sexy tomboy
With a natural way of thinking crazy
Then she kissed him and she went away
Far across to San Francisco Bay
You'd think that she would think again
And only want to be with him
Regardless of the things that pull her far away, she's far away
A crazy independent Spanish speaking
Arty flirty red wine drinking sexy tomboy
With a natural way of thinking crazy
By the way she's far away and by the way she's far away
A crazy independent Spanish speaking
Arty flirty red wine drinking
By the way she's far away, yeah, ooh and far away
A crazy independent Spanish speaking
Arty flirty red wine drinking
By the way she's far away, hey yeah
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love this song. favorite part = "sexy tomboy with a natural way of thinking crazy". I love the song and it has a nice vibe. it took me a while to like it, but now i can't get enough of it!