"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.
How many tears does it take
Maybe I don't have it in me
You'll be letting go soon
I can't stand to be with you tonight
Still the phone lies in my sight
And I pretend I don't see it
Shut my eyes
I'll shut you out
At least until it doesn't hurt so bad
We both know who the strong one is
So I won't bother to try
I won't bother to try
There is still time to take it back
Someone says, hoping to help
But nothing helps at all
It's just the thought makes me cringe
But then again then againso do you
so do you sometimes
Shut my eyes
I'll shut you out
At least until it doesn't hurt so bad
We both know who the strong one is
So I won't bother to try
I won't bother to try
And you say we speak in different tongues
And you say you say you don't understand me
I think you're right
So maybe I'm so stupid
I thought those tears were real
And you hurt me the last time
Shut my eyes, I'll shut you out
At least until it doesn't hurt so bad
We both know who the strong one is
So I won't bother
Shut my eyes, I'll shut you out
At least until it doesn't hurt so bad
We both know who the strong one is
So I won't bother to try, I won't bother to try
I won't bother to try
Maybe I don't have it in me
You'll be letting go soon
I can't stand to be with you tonight
Still the phone lies in my sight
And I pretend I don't see it
Shut my eyes
I'll shut you out
At least until it doesn't hurt so bad
We both know who the strong one is
So I won't bother to try
I won't bother to try
There is still time to take it back
Someone says, hoping to help
But nothing helps at all
It's just the thought makes me cringe
But then again then againso do you
so do you sometimes
Shut my eyes
I'll shut you out
At least until it doesn't hurt so bad
We both know who the strong one is
So I won't bother to try
I won't bother to try
And you say we speak in different tongues
And you say you say you don't understand me
I think you're right
So maybe I'm so stupid
I thought those tears were real
And you hurt me the last time
Shut my eyes, I'll shut you out
At least until it doesn't hurt so bad
We both know who the strong one is
So I won't bother
Shut my eyes, I'll shut you out
At least until it doesn't hurt so bad
We both know who the strong one is
So I won't bother to try, I won't bother to try
I won't bother to try
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