"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.
Here is wishing you the bluest skies
Hoping something better comes tomorrow
Hoping all the verses rhyme
The very best of choruses too
Follow all the doubt and sadness
I know that better things are on their way
Here is hoping all the days ahead
Won't be as bitter as the ones behind you
Be an optimist instead
And somehow happiness will find you
Forget what happened yesterday
I know that better things are on their way
It's really good to see you rocking out and having fun
Living like you've just begun
Accept your life and what it brings
I hope tomorrow you find better things
I know tomorrow you'll find better things
Here is wishing you the bluest skies
Hoping something better comes tomorrow
Hoping all the verses rhyme
The very best of choruses too
Follow all the doubt and sadness
I know that better things are on their way
It's really good to see you rocking out and having fun
Living like you've just begun
Accept your life and what it brings
I hope tomorrow you find better things
I know tomorrow you'll find better things
I know tomorrow you'll find better things
Forget what happened yesterday
I know that better things are on their way
I know you got a lot of good things happening up ahead
The past is gone, it's all been said
So here's to what the future brings
I hope tomorrow you'll find better things
I hope tomorrow you'll find better things
I hope tomorrow you'll find better things
I hope tomorrow you'll find better things
I know tomorrow you'll find better things
Hoping something better comes tomorrow
Hoping all the verses rhyme
The very best of choruses too
Follow all the doubt and sadness
I know that better things are on their way
Here is hoping all the days ahead
Won't be as bitter as the ones behind you
Be an optimist instead
And somehow happiness will find you
Forget what happened yesterday
I know that better things are on their way
It's really good to see you rocking out and having fun
Living like you've just begun
Accept your life and what it brings
I hope tomorrow you find better things
I know tomorrow you'll find better things
Here is wishing you the bluest skies
Hoping something better comes tomorrow
Hoping all the verses rhyme
The very best of choruses too
Follow all the doubt and sadness
I know that better things are on their way
It's really good to see you rocking out and having fun
Living like you've just begun
Accept your life and what it brings
I hope tomorrow you find better things
I know tomorrow you'll find better things
I know tomorrow you'll find better things
Forget what happened yesterday
I know that better things are on their way
I know you got a lot of good things happening up ahead
The past is gone, it's all been said
So here's to what the future brings
I hope tomorrow you'll find better things
I hope tomorrow you'll find better things
I hope tomorrow you'll find better things
I hope tomorrow you'll find better things
I know tomorrow you'll find better things
Lyrics submitted by punkpirate
Better Things Lyrics as written by Ray Davies
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