"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.
Step back and shut the door, you know
I've never seen any of these people before
You know it sounds so nice when it comes a friend
I say we all get dolled up and let it begin
Slowly we sink, good as a weight
Hand it over softly, before somebody else gets hurt
Light my hands on fire, my sweet angel
Take my oxygen, my bone marrow
Whatever you do, don't stop till you're through
It'll be alright, it'll be alright
Take my oxygen, my sweet angel
Oh no, let's put
The drugs in the back, just like old times in that brown Pontiac
I use to be so strong in the arms
But now they're small, they're small
I've never seen any of these people before
You know it sounds so nice when it comes a friend
I say we all get dolled up and let it begin
Slowly we sink, good as a weight
Hand it over softly, before somebody else gets hurt
Light my hands on fire, my sweet angel
Take my oxygen, my bone marrow
Whatever you do, don't stop till you're through
It'll be alright, it'll be alright
Take my oxygen, my sweet angel
Oh no, let's put
The drugs in the back, just like old times in that brown Pontiac
I use to be so strong in the arms
But now they're small, they're small
Lyrics submitted by playcracktheskyyy
Bone Marrow Lyrics as written by Jonathan Forrest Bates
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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