"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.
God damn Son Of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch
God damn son of a bitch,
See the young ones play,
And say what you want to hear.
You have a-long legs,
Long Hair,
Big tits,
You got a big arse.
Your parts will never last.
Never Last...
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch
God damn son of a bitch,
See the young ones say, well and play,
What they want to hear, from you.
You say your not fucking with them,
You say they are fucking with you,
Compete with them and you'll never win,
Never Win...
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch
Well its cold where we come from,
But not to make me freeze.
I look around me at what I see,
The world deeper than before,
They put a change in me,
Things are looking pretty blurry.
I keep a wishing she would wake me,
And tell me it was just a bad dream,
But I guess your gonna' be awakened,
Well your already wakened to reality.
Yeah.....
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch
God damn son of a bitch,
See the young ones play,
And say what you want to hear.
You have a-long legs,
Long Hair,
Big tits,
You got a big arse.
Your parts will never last.
Never Last...
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch
God damn son of a bitch,
See the young ones say, well and play,
What they want to hear, from you.
You say your not fucking with them,
You say they are fucking with you,
Compete with them and you'll never win,
Never Win...
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch
Well its cold where we come from,
But not to make me freeze.
I look around me at what I see,
The world deeper than before,
They put a change in me,
Things are looking pretty blurry.
I keep a wishing she would wake me,
And tell me it was just a bad dream,
But I guess your gonna' be awakened,
Well your already wakened to reality.
Yeah.....
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch.
God damn son of a bitch.
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