"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.
I made a New Year's resolution
Knowing I would break it
Knowing that it wouldn't stick
Every year it's something different
Never makes a difference
I'm only lying to myself
But broken promises make people look ugly
Especially when you tell everyone you're gonna change
Gives me a constant sense of failure
I just wanna get better
Gotta take it step by step
Stop smoking, then start exercising
Then start eating healthy
Spend more time with my family and friends
But broken promises make people look ugly
Especially when you tell everyone you're gonna change
Yeah, you're gonna change
Yeah, you're gonna
Change
Stop lying
Everyone stop lying
Everyone stop lying
You're only lying to yourself
Stop lying
Everyone stop lying
Everyone stop lying
You're only lying to yourself
Stop lying
Everyone stop lying
Everyone stop lying
You're only lying to yourself
Knowing I would break it
Knowing that it wouldn't stick
Every year it's something different
Never makes a difference
I'm only lying to myself
But broken promises make people look ugly
Especially when you tell everyone you're gonna change
Gives me a constant sense of failure
I just wanna get better
Gotta take it step by step
Stop smoking, then start exercising
Then start eating healthy
Spend more time with my family and friends
But broken promises make people look ugly
Especially when you tell everyone you're gonna change
Yeah, you're gonna change
Yeah, you're gonna
Change
Stop lying
Everyone stop lying
Everyone stop lying
You're only lying to yourself
Stop lying
Everyone stop lying
Everyone stop lying
You're only lying to yourself
Stop lying
Everyone stop lying
Everyone stop lying
You're only lying to yourself
Lyrics submitted by BlueAndStarry
New Year's Resolution Lyrics as written by Val Matthew Emmich
Lyrics © PIGFACTORY USA LLC
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