"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.
They went down to the river
On a warm summer night
The air was thick with the
Smell of temptation
When he said "Why don't we lay in the water
Let the water run over me"
And she grinned and she said
And she said
Now she said
"Now that's a good idea"
She said, she said
"Now that's a good idea"
She said, she said
"Now that's a good idea"
She said, she said
"Now that's a good idea"
She said, he said
He held her head high in his hands
He held her down deep in the stream
He saw the bubbles and matted hair
Mixed in with seaweed
He started to scream
Was it something I said
Was it something I said
And she said and she said
And she said, she said
"Now that's a good idea" she said, she said
"To be alone with you" she said, she said
"I've been waiting for years
And I'd rather be dead"
"That's a good idea" he said, he said
He held her down in the river
He held her down in the water
Another river of mud
Wash away those tears
He said and he said
"Now that's a good idea"
He said, "Now that's a good idea"
He said, "Now that's a good idea"
He said, "Now that's a good idea"
I saw them from the ocean
She didn't seem to mind
Didn't fight at all
She didn't fight it at all
Some things are best left alone
Sometimes I'm best left alone
And sometimes I see you in the water
At night, at night, at night
"That's a good idea" she said, she said
"Want to feel you in the water
With your hands on my head"
Push her down into the water
She said she said
"Now that's a good idea" she said, she said
"Now that's a good idea, that's a good idea"
She said, she said
Now she said, now she said
"That's a good idea, that's a good idea
That's a good idea"
She said, she said
"That's a good idea"
She said, she said
"I want to feel you in the water
With your hands on my head"
Push her down into the water
She said, she said
"That's a good idea"
She said, she said
"That's a good idea"
She said, she said
"That's a good idea"
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"That's a good idea"
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"That's a good idea"
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"That's a good idea"
She, said
"That's a good idea"
She said, she said
"That's a good idea"
She said, she said
"That's a good idea"
She said, she said
"That's a good idea"
On a warm summer night
The air was thick with the
Smell of temptation
When he said "Why don't we lay in the water
Let the water run over me"
And she grinned and she said
And she said
Now she said
"Now that's a good idea"
She said, she said
"Now that's a good idea"
She said, she said
"Now that's a good idea"
She said, she said
"Now that's a good idea"
She said, he said
He held her head high in his hands
He held her down deep in the stream
He saw the bubbles and matted hair
Mixed in with seaweed
He started to scream
Was it something I said
Was it something I said
And she said and she said
And she said, she said
"Now that's a good idea" she said, she said
"To be alone with you" she said, she said
"I've been waiting for years
And I'd rather be dead"
"That's a good idea" he said, he said
He held her down in the river
He held her down in the water
Another river of mud
Wash away those tears
He said and he said
"Now that's a good idea"
He said, "Now that's a good idea"
He said, "Now that's a good idea"
He said, "Now that's a good idea"
I saw them from the ocean
She didn't seem to mind
Didn't fight at all
She didn't fight it at all
Some things are best left alone
Sometimes I'm best left alone
And sometimes I see you in the water
At night, at night, at night
"That's a good idea" she said, she said
"Want to feel you in the water
With your hands on my head"
Push her down into the water
She said she said
"Now that's a good idea" she said, she said
"Now that's a good idea, that's a good idea"
She said, she said
Now she said, now she said
"That's a good idea, that's a good idea
That's a good idea"
She said, she said
"That's a good idea"
She said, she said
"I want to feel you in the water
With your hands on my head"
Push her down into the water
She said, she said
"That's a good idea"
She said, she said
"That's a good idea"
She said, she said
"That's a good idea"
She said, she said
"That's a good idea"
She said, she said
"That's a good idea"
She said, she said
"That's a good idea"
She, said
"That's a good idea"
She said, she said
"That's a good idea"
She said, she said
"That's a good idea"
She said, she said
"That's a good idea"
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