"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.
If the fire can't be put out
Let it burn, let it burn
If you haven't learned your lesson yet
You'll never learn, never learn
When it's hard to hold them down
Let em fly, let em fly
If they don't want to live
Let em die, let em die
It's not so complicated so
Just let them have their way
You see I, I always get my way
Another lucky day
If it's easier to let it go
Let it go
When the water keeps on rising
Let it flow, let it flow
Under too much presure
Then explode, just explode
If they don't want to know
They won't know, they won't know
It's not so complicated so
Just let them have their way
You see I, I always get my way
Another lucky day, lucky day
If it's cheaper to kill
Then let em die, let em die
If their tears can't be stopped
Let em cry, let em cry, cry
It's not so complicated so
Just let them have their way
You see I, I always get my way
Another lucky day, lucky day
Let it burn, let it burn
If you haven't learned your lesson yet
You'll never learn, never learn
When it's hard to hold them down
Let em fly, let em fly
If they don't want to live
Let em die, let em die
It's not so complicated so
Just let them have their way
You see I, I always get my way
Another lucky day
If it's easier to let it go
Let it go
When the water keeps on rising
Let it flow, let it flow
Under too much presure
Then explode, just explode
If they don't want to know
They won't know, they won't know
It's not so complicated so
Just let them have their way
You see I, I always get my way
Another lucky day, lucky day
If it's cheaper to kill
Then let em die, let em die
If their tears can't be stopped
Let em cry, let em cry, cry
It's not so complicated so
Just let them have their way
You see I, I always get my way
Another lucky day, lucky day
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