"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.
There are unsmiling faces and bright plastic chains
And a wheel in perpetual motion
And they follow the races and pay out the gains
With no show of an outward emotion
And they think it will make their lives easier
For God knows up 'til now it's been hard
But the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No, the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
There's a sign in the desert that lies to the west
Where you can't tell the night from the sunrise
And not all the King's horses and all the King's men
Have prevented the fall of the unwise
For they think it will make their lives easier
And God knows up 'til now it's been hard
But the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No, the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
But a pilgrim must follow in search of a shrine
As he enters inside the cathedral
Snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down, boys
Gimme snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down tonight
No, don't let me down tonight
Just one minute more, gimme just one minute more
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
Just one minute more, then I'll walk right through that door
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
If you gimme
Snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down, now
Gimme snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down tonight
No, don't let me down tonight
Just one minute more, gimme just one minute more
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
But you gotta
Gimme one minute more, gimme one more, gimme one minute more
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
Snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down, boys
Snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down tonight
No, don't let me down tonight
Just one minute more, then I'll walk right through that door
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
But you gotta
Gimme one marker more
Then I'll walk right through that door
Gimme one more, don't let me down
It's gonna be alright, alright, alright
Nothing's good, the news is bad
The heat goes on, and it drives you mad
Scornful thoughts that fly your way
You should turn away, 'cause there's nothing more to say
You gave the best you had to give
You only have one life to live
You fought so hard, you were a slave
After all you gave, there was nothing left to save
You've got nothing left to lose
(You've got nothing left to lose)
No, you've got nothing left to lose
(Who'd wanna be standing in your shoes?)
You read the book, you turn the page
You change your life in a thousand ways
The dawn of reason lights your eyes
With the key, you realize, to the kingdom of the wise
You've got nothing left to lose
(You've got nothing left to lose)
No, you've got nothing left to lose
(Who'd wanna be standing in your shoes?)
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
No more lingering doubt remained
Nothing sacred or profane
Everything to gain 'cause you've nothing left
There are unsmiling faces in fetters and chains
On a wheel in perpetual motion
Who belong to all races and answer all names
With no show of an outward emotion
And they think it will make their lives easier
But the doorway before them is barred
And the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No, the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
And a wheel in perpetual motion
And they follow the races and pay out the gains
With no show of an outward emotion
And they think it will make their lives easier
For God knows up 'til now it's been hard
But the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No, the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
There's a sign in the desert that lies to the west
Where you can't tell the night from the sunrise
And not all the King's horses and all the King's men
Have prevented the fall of the unwise
For they think it will make their lives easier
And God knows up 'til now it's been hard
But the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No, the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
But a pilgrim must follow in search of a shrine
As he enters inside the cathedral
Snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down, boys
Gimme snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down tonight
No, don't let me down tonight
Just one minute more, gimme just one minute more
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
Just one minute more, then I'll walk right through that door
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
If you gimme
Snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down, now
Gimme snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down tonight
No, don't let me down tonight
Just one minute more, gimme just one minute more
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
But you gotta
Gimme one minute more, gimme one more, gimme one minute more
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
Snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down, boys
Snake eyes, seven eleven
Don't let me down tonight
No, don't let me down tonight
Just one minute more, then I'll walk right through that door
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright
But you gotta
Gimme one marker more
Then I'll walk right through that door
Gimme one more, don't let me down
It's gonna be alright, alright, alright
Nothing's good, the news is bad
The heat goes on, and it drives you mad
Scornful thoughts that fly your way
You should turn away, 'cause there's nothing more to say
You gave the best you had to give
You only have one life to live
You fought so hard, you were a slave
After all you gave, there was nothing left to save
You've got nothing left to lose
(You've got nothing left to lose)
No, you've got nothing left to lose
(Who'd wanna be standing in your shoes?)
You read the book, you turn the page
You change your life in a thousand ways
The dawn of reason lights your eyes
With the key, you realize, to the kingdom of the wise
You've got nothing left to lose
(You've got nothing left to lose)
No, you've got nothing left to lose
(Who'd wanna be standing in your shoes?)
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
No more lingering doubt remained
Nothing sacred or profane
Everything to gain 'cause you've nothing left
There are unsmiling faces in fetters and chains
On a wheel in perpetual motion
Who belong to all races and answer all names
With no show of an outward emotion
And they think it will make their lives easier
But the doorway before them is barred
And the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No, the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
Lyrics submitted by justdig, edited by saul101740
The Turn of a Friendly Card Lyrics as written by Alan Parsons Eric Woolfson
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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