"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.
He puts his hand down into his pocket
Pulls out a rose and hands it to his girl
She says hey man what you doin' what you sayin'
No, I thought I told you
I don't want you here no more
So go get out of here so I don't see your face
Your the one who used to beat me to love you
And I don't want you back again
No more
No more
No more
Many times did you swing that hand
But did you ever see the bruise you used to leave
I'd spend days I could not go out
Sometimes it would weeks
So don't come back thinking I'm okay
Cause really man, I hate you to the core
You're the most gutless thing I've ever known
Or ever saw
No more
No more
No more
You can't hide the scars
You can't hide the scars
So turn around and just start walking
Cause we got nothing left to say
When you're gone you can be assured
My smile is gonna come back my way
And I'll wipe you from my memory
So you don't exist in my day
But just remember I'll still smell you
A thousand miles away
No more
No more
No more
Pulls out a rose and hands it to his girl
She says hey man what you doin' what you sayin'
No, I thought I told you
I don't want you here no more
So go get out of here so I don't see your face
Your the one who used to beat me to love you
And I don't want you back again
No more
No more
No more
Many times did you swing that hand
But did you ever see the bruise you used to leave
I'd spend days I could not go out
Sometimes it would weeks
So don't come back thinking I'm okay
Cause really man, I hate you to the core
You're the most gutless thing I've ever known
Or ever saw
No more
No more
No more
You can't hide the scars
You can't hide the scars
So turn around and just start walking
Cause we got nothing left to say
When you're gone you can be assured
My smile is gonna come back my way
And I'll wipe you from my memory
So you don't exist in my day
But just remember I'll still smell you
A thousand miles away
No more
No more
No more
Lyrics submitted by sammymaggs
No More Lyrics as written by Peter Murray
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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"HE puts his hand down into his pocket Pulls out a rose and hands it to his girl SHE says, hey man (what you doin')(what you sayin') No, I thought i told you I don't want you here no more"
...kind of makes it obvious that it's meant to be about a women who has been abused by a man, and Pete is singing her story.