"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.
Joan moved away to Colorado
Said she found god and a boyfriend as well
One that won't hit her or make her feel shallow
There's a lot to learn about Joan
Before I moved in, Joan had a fling with the landlord so she got to live stay for free
I'm not a genius but I figured out
There's a lot to learn from Joan
And after all this time, you were waiting on the ride, to stop at the place where they slowly misplaced your life...go get it right
I went to the closet to get dressed for work
When I spotted a box I had not seen before
With a box of all kinds of letters that never got sent to a guy in Colorado since 1994,
And I know it's wrong but I sat and opened
In no certain order a letter or two
She talked about blisters and bruises of anger
And she bought a handgun to learn how to shoot,
And the last letter said that she had to get out
But I couldn't make out the rest of the note,
From the blood stains all over,
The page of the letters.
There's a lot to learn
And there's a lot I learned about Joan
And after all this time, you were waiting on the ride, to stop at the place where you slowly misplaced your life, oh and after all this time, you were waiting on the ride, to stop at the place where they slowly misplaced your life...go get it right
Go get it right,
Go get it right,
Go get it right.
Said she found god and a boyfriend as well
One that won't hit her or make her feel shallow
There's a lot to learn about Joan
Before I moved in, Joan had a fling with the landlord so she got to live stay for free
I'm not a genius but I figured out
There's a lot to learn from Joan
And after all this time, you were waiting on the ride, to stop at the place where they slowly misplaced your life...go get it right
I went to the closet to get dressed for work
When I spotted a box I had not seen before
With a box of all kinds of letters that never got sent to a guy in Colorado since 1994,
And I know it's wrong but I sat and opened
In no certain order a letter or two
She talked about blisters and bruises of anger
And she bought a handgun to learn how to shoot,
And the last letter said that she had to get out
But I couldn't make out the rest of the note,
From the blood stains all over,
The page of the letters.
There's a lot to learn
And there's a lot I learned about Joan
And after all this time, you were waiting on the ride, to stop at the place where you slowly misplaced your life, oh and after all this time, you were waiting on the ride, to stop at the place where they slowly misplaced your life...go get it right
Go get it right,
Go get it right,
Go get it right.
Lyrics submitted by BlueAndStarry
Joan Lyrics as written by Butch Walker
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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