"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.
So you've got your own little story to tell
Some girls they ask to put them on your knees
Slowdown, it's hard enough to get along
Slowdown, we'll never ever get along
That ain't what you had in mind
No that ain't what you had in mind
You don't know what you're doing
Let go
It's so hard to fill me in
You'd better run as fast as you can
When your eyes are getting low
Tomorrow'll say if you're lost and found
Walking around thinking the same again
To get to you I'll go down on my knees
Last night I swear it wouldn't be the same
Last night I swear it never was the same
Two is for a while but then one has got to leave
That's it! I ain't lying and I won't ask you please
I'll tell you what I have in mind
Let go
It's so hard to fill me in
You'd better run as fast as you can
When your eyes are getting low
Tomorrow'll say if you're lost and found
I'll tell you what I have in mind
It's so hard to fill me in
You'd better run as fast as you can
Some girls they ask to put them on your knees
Slowdown, it's hard enough to get along
Slowdown, we'll never ever get along
That ain't what you had in mind
No that ain't what you had in mind
You don't know what you're doing
Let go
It's so hard to fill me in
You'd better run as fast as you can
When your eyes are getting low
Tomorrow'll say if you're lost and found
Walking around thinking the same again
To get to you I'll go down on my knees
Last night I swear it wouldn't be the same
Last night I swear it never was the same
Two is for a while but then one has got to leave
That's it! I ain't lying and I won't ask you please
I'll tell you what I have in mind
Let go
It's so hard to fill me in
You'd better run as fast as you can
When your eyes are getting low
Tomorrow'll say if you're lost and found
I'll tell you what I have in mind
It's so hard to fill me in
You'd better run as fast as you can
Lyrics submitted by fadingtrails
Lost and Found Lyrics as written by Wilhelm Anton Leeb Nowell Rhys Fulber
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sentric Music, Downtown Music Publishing, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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To me, this song has always been about a break-up and the singer is not only trying to come to terms with but trying to let the break-up settle (with the "two's for a while but then one has got to leave, that's it. I ain't lying and I won't ask you please") it seems that the he or the other person is somewhat resistant of the break-up ("slowdown, it's hard enough to get along, slowdown, we'll never ever get along") and then he eventually says that the other person shouldn't want him back anyway ("let go, It's so hard to fill me in, you'd better run as fast as you can")
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