"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.
People always try and put me down, but I...
I don't ever give a fuck what people say
I try and listen to the voice inside my head
I try, I try, I try
Chorus:
I feel so beautiful today
Ba ba ba ba ba ba da ba
You're just so typical
You can't break me
I'm not ever gonna fall in line with you, 'cause I...
I don't wanna be another plastic mind
I try and listen to the voice inside my head
I try, I try, I try
Repeat Chorus (2x)
You're just like everybody
Why would I wanna be like you?
1, 2, 3, 4
Repeat Chorus (2x)
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
I don't ever give a fuck what people say
I try and listen to the voice inside my head
I try, I try, I try
Chorus:
I feel so beautiful today
Ba ba ba ba ba ba da ba
You're just so typical
You can't break me
I'm not ever gonna fall in line with you, 'cause I...
I don't wanna be another plastic mind
I try and listen to the voice inside my head
I try, I try, I try
Repeat Chorus (2x)
You're just like everybody
Why would I wanna be like you?
1, 2, 3, 4
Repeat Chorus (2x)
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
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