"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.
Oh yeah
Is everybody livin' it up so far?
Sounds alright, let get through some stuff
Now you see this here guitar right here, now do you see it?
This guitar was born in the Motor City, Detroit, murder capital
Such a healthy place for all the boys and girls
It's the murder capital of the world, uh-huh
Yes, indeed, this guitar right here, I've been told
Yes, indeed, In fact, I did it one time on safari
This guitar right here is guaranteed
To blow the balls off a charging rhino at sixty paces, it is
That's my dinner, you know what I'm talkin' 'bout
You see this guitar definitely refuses to play sweet shit
You know? It just refuses
That's why you wanna stick with it, fella
There'll be a few of them rock 'n' roll rituals comin' at you one time
We gotta tune 'em up, tune 'em down, bring 'em home, bring 'em 'round
Make sure they're healthy, make sure they're doing the right thing
Our way, you know what I mean
Them rock 'n' roll rituals
If anybody knows, you know
How about you all out there, are you all tuned up so far?
San Anton', one time, are you sure you're all tuned up?
Can you give me something?
Well, that's good, that's good, that's healthy, that's wise
That's alright, that's sweet, I dig it one time
I do believe you got it and I got it with you
Shit we gonna melt this fuckin' place tonight, I tell ya
Well, if you bear with me a couples decades, a couple light years, yeah
I wanna see if I can't let this one met into your mouth
This is a very special song and I wanna do it for all my friends here tonight
Alright?
Is everybody livin' it up so far?
Sounds alright, let get through some stuff
Now you see this here guitar right here, now do you see it?
This guitar was born in the Motor City, Detroit, murder capital
Such a healthy place for all the boys and girls
It's the murder capital of the world, uh-huh
Yes, indeed, this guitar right here, I've been told
Yes, indeed, In fact, I did it one time on safari
This guitar right here is guaranteed
To blow the balls off a charging rhino at sixty paces, it is
That's my dinner, you know what I'm talkin' 'bout
You see this guitar definitely refuses to play sweet shit
You know? It just refuses
That's why you wanna stick with it, fella
There'll be a few of them rock 'n' roll rituals comin' at you one time
We gotta tune 'em up, tune 'em down, bring 'em home, bring 'em 'round
Make sure they're healthy, make sure they're doing the right thing
Our way, you know what I mean
Them rock 'n' roll rituals
If anybody knows, you know
How about you all out there, are you all tuned up so far?
San Anton', one time, are you sure you're all tuned up?
Can you give me something?
Well, that's good, that's good, that's healthy, that's wise
That's alright, that's sweet, I dig it one time
I do believe you got it and I got it with you
Shit we gonna melt this fuckin' place tonight, I tell ya
Well, if you bear with me a couples decades, a couple light years, yeah
I wanna see if I can't let this one met into your mouth
This is a very special song and I wanna do it for all my friends here tonight
Alright?
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