"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.
Rooftop crowns come crashing down
I can feel the wind under my skin
(Cellar doors, said I'd sell her, sell her doors)
(Sell her doors, said I'd sell her cellar doors)
You've got 28 days to figure me out, you know
Doctor, this is one game you'll never win
(Don't wanna sell her doors, stick it to me, teacher!)
(Show me the cellar door, show it to me doctor!)
Fear is nothing but God's way of
Telling you he really doesn't care if you sin
Father
Tell mother
My eyes are still burning
'Cause my ticket to heaven just now
Put a Texas hole in that hell on earth you call a home!
It feels good to know the weight of the world
Is light enough for the palm of my hand
Is it me? or am I stronger than yesterday's hero?
Take it, take it, take it from me
Hope falls
Late night calls
This is the last thing left to do
Bumper relays on freeways
I'll run the rest of the way to
Your bedroom
And our doom
Your lips have never looked this red
So kiss me
Or kill me
Mascara stains our last night's bed
Would you mind stripping off your rabbit suit?
Bad habits, too!
It's all I need to breathe!
'Cause frankly, Frank
I would mind taking up a chance or two
On someone other than you
Who's good enough for me!
(I've got 8 doorknobs for 7 doors)
(I'm still 6 feet deep still 5 foot 4)
(And there were three words you forgot to say)
(But its never too late)
You're just a two step away
And now I'm one step closer to death
So tell frank not to take the corner too sharp
'Cause I don't wanna have to cheat the death chart
28 days, 6 whole hours
Give me 42 minutes
And 24 heartbeats set me free...
I can feel the wind under my skin
(Cellar doors, said I'd sell her, sell her doors)
(Sell her doors, said I'd sell her cellar doors)
You've got 28 days to figure me out, you know
Doctor, this is one game you'll never win
(Don't wanna sell her doors, stick it to me, teacher!)
(Show me the cellar door, show it to me doctor!)
Fear is nothing but God's way of
Telling you he really doesn't care if you sin
Father
Tell mother
My eyes are still burning
'Cause my ticket to heaven just now
Put a Texas hole in that hell on earth you call a home!
It feels good to know the weight of the world
Is light enough for the palm of my hand
Is it me? or am I stronger than yesterday's hero?
Take it, take it, take it from me
Hope falls
Late night calls
This is the last thing left to do
Bumper relays on freeways
I'll run the rest of the way to
Your bedroom
And our doom
Your lips have never looked this red
So kiss me
Or kill me
Mascara stains our last night's bed
Would you mind stripping off your rabbit suit?
Bad habits, too!
It's all I need to breathe!
'Cause frankly, Frank
I would mind taking up a chance or two
On someone other than you
Who's good enough for me!
(I've got 8 doorknobs for 7 doors)
(I'm still 6 feet deep still 5 foot 4)
(And there were three words you forgot to say)
(But its never too late)
You're just a two step away
And now I'm one step closer to death
So tell frank not to take the corner too sharp
'Cause I don't wanna have to cheat the death chart
28 days, 6 whole hours
Give me 42 minutes
And 24 heartbeats set me free...
Lyrics submitted by mkid234, edited by gonesovereign
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