"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.
Mary is my best friend
She makes me my tea
She let's me stay around her place
When there's nowhere else to be
There's nothing in her bedroom
Just a bed and a TV
And it's okay for men aware
Just sit and drink my tea
Im so lonely
I ain't done much lately
When you come looking
You'll find me sleeping soundly
Mary
Mary keeps me smiling
Even when I'm down
She let's me stay around her place
When there's no-one else around
There's nothing in her bedroom
Just a bed and a TV
And it's okay for men aware
Just sit and drink my tea
I'm so lazy
I ain't done much lately
When you come looking
You'll find me sleeping soundly
And when she comes around
She says I always look so down
And yeah, she's always right
She makes me feel alright
Im so lazy,
I ain't done much lately
When you come looking
You'll find me sleeping soundly
Mary
She makes me my tea
She let's me stay around her place
When there's nowhere else to be
There's nothing in her bedroom
Just a bed and a TV
And it's okay for men aware
Just sit and drink my tea
Im so lonely
I ain't done much lately
When you come looking
You'll find me sleeping soundly
Mary
Mary keeps me smiling
Even when I'm down
She let's me stay around her place
When there's no-one else around
There's nothing in her bedroom
Just a bed and a TV
And it's okay for men aware
Just sit and drink my tea
I'm so lazy
I ain't done much lately
When you come looking
You'll find me sleeping soundly
And when she comes around
She says I always look so down
And yeah, she's always right
She makes me feel alright
Im so lazy,
I ain't done much lately
When you come looking
You'll find me sleeping soundly
Mary
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Mary Lyrics as written by Carl Morgan Aston Merrygold
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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