"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 when I'm driving in my car
I wish that you could take the wheel
But you're not there, It's so unfair
What if I hit that dog again?
Sometimes when I'm lying in my bed
I let these voices in my head
Influence me, to some degree
Now I'm not sure of anything
I wish you knew what I was thinking of
(Can't believe what I've been thinking of)
They told me to breathe
They told me to lie down
I figured it out, you're one in a million
'cause I'm writing the words down
I figure my chances are one in a million
And I don't know why,
and I don't know where to begin
Sometimes when I'm running out of cash
I'll jump a taxi in a flash
I know it's wrong his light was on
And I just had to get to you
Sometimes when I'm talking on the phone
I get advice from the dial tone
It's nothing new
And I'm confused, I know I'm losing my mind
I wish that you could take the wheel
But you're not there, It's so unfair
What if I hit that dog again?
Sometimes when I'm lying in my bed
I let these voices in my head
Influence me, to some degree
Now I'm not sure of anything
I wish you knew what I was thinking of
(Can't believe what I've been thinking of)
They told me to breathe
They told me to lie down
I figured it out, you're one in a million
'cause I'm writing the words down
I figure my chances are one in a million
And I don't know why,
and I don't know where to begin
Sometimes when I'm running out of cash
I'll jump a taxi in a flash
I know it's wrong his light was on
And I just had to get to you
Sometimes when I'm talking on the phone
I get advice from the dial tone
It's nothing new
And I'm confused, I know I'm losing my mind
Lyrics submitted by punk_tinkerbel
One in a Million Lyrics as written by Grant Relf Cameron Baines
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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