"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.
I heard you say something about friendship
And loyalty's the weapon of the weak
And when you get get get get get realized
And tears come down and released
My love for you is true
A tattoo that ain't never coming off
I'll wait for the truth its you
I'll take a loss at any cost
When we met you listened and you christened
Every single thing that I did
And when you get get get get get realized
And tears come down and released
My love for you is true
A tattoo that ain't never coming off
I'll wait for the truth its you
I'll take a loss at any cost
I borrowed some courage from you
Through confusion I made it this far
You said I could everything
If I just looked at myself
My love for you is true
A tattoo that ain't never coming off
I'll wait for the truth its you
I'll take a loss at any cost
And loyalty's the weapon of the weak
And when you get get get get get realized
And tears come down and released
My love for you is true
A tattoo that ain't never coming off
I'll wait for the truth its you
I'll take a loss at any cost
When we met you listened and you christened
Every single thing that I did
And when you get get get get get realized
And tears come down and released
My love for you is true
A tattoo that ain't never coming off
I'll wait for the truth its you
I'll take a loss at any cost
I borrowed some courage from you
Through confusion I made it this far
You said I could everything
If I just looked at myself
My love for you is true
A tattoo that ain't never coming off
I'll wait for the truth its you
I'll take a loss at any cost
Lyrics submitted by punkpirate
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