"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.
When I saw you girl
All alone
It made me stare
You held me captivated
And you wanderd in, crossed the street and then sucked me in
I couldn't stay away from you
Chorus. Last summer
You cast a spell , you put me under
There's somthing about the way you look
That's taking me over
And now I know I won't forget
When we met lat summer
Now a year has passed
And things have changed
You're popular
And it makes me feel degraded
And it hurts me so, I talk to you, you don't wanna know
Now all I ever think about is
Chorus.
Last summer
I know I won't forget last summer
I'm never gonna forget
When we met last summer
All alone
It made me stare
You held me captivated
And you wanderd in, crossed the street and then sucked me in
I couldn't stay away from you
Chorus. Last summer
You cast a spell , you put me under
There's somthing about the way you look
That's taking me over
And now I know I won't forget
When we met lat summer
Now a year has passed
And things have changed
You're popular
And it makes me feel degraded
And it hurts me so, I talk to you, you don't wanna know
Now all I ever think about is
Chorus.
Last summer
I know I won't forget last summer
I'm never gonna forget
When we met last summer
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