"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've built up this collection of
Souvenirs from years of missed connections
I'm giving it all away
So here's a ripped up picture and
Here's an unused ticket from the show, the play, the game
I'm giving it all away
This is the part
[Chorus:]
This is the part where we start to feel better
And stop shutting up
We're all running out of time, waiting in line
This is the part where your friend got sent and
All the big war words stop making sense
And you wonder where the money ever got spent
And you wonder how that motherfucker ever got in
This is the part where you get to realize that
Whether your dad died, your boy or your girl lied
There are families on the other side
It's a start, it's the same place for any and all hearts
This is the part
[Chorus: x2]
Waiting in line
Yeah, this is the part where we start to feel
[Chorus: x2]
This is the part
Oh, oh, this is the part
Yeah, this is the part
This is the part
This is the part where we start to feel
Souvenirs from years of missed connections
I'm giving it all away
So here's a ripped up picture and
Here's an unused ticket from the show, the play, the game
I'm giving it all away
This is the part
[Chorus:]
This is the part where we start to feel better
And stop shutting up
We're all running out of time, waiting in line
This is the part where your friend got sent and
All the big war words stop making sense
And you wonder where the money ever got spent
And you wonder how that motherfucker ever got in
This is the part where you get to realize that
Whether your dad died, your boy or your girl lied
There are families on the other side
It's a start, it's the same place for any and all hearts
This is the part
[Chorus: x2]
Waiting in line
Yeah, this is the part where we start to feel
[Chorus: x2]
This is the part
Oh, oh, this is the part
Yeah, this is the part
This is the part
This is the part where we start to feel
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This Is the Part Lyrics as written by Unknown Writers Mark Weinberg
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