"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.
In a crooked little town, they were lost and never found
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground
I hitched a ride, up to the coast
To leave behind, all of my ghosts
Searching for something, I couldn't find at home
Can't get no job, can you spare a dime?
Just one more hit and I'll be fine
I swear to God, this'll be my one last time
In a crooked little town, they were lost and never found
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground
Run away before you drown or the streets will beat you down
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground
When it gets dark, in Pigeon Park
Voice in my head, will soon be fed
By the vultures that circle round the dead
In a crooked little town, they were lost and never found
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground
Run away before you drown, or the streets will beat you down
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground
I never once thought, I'd ever be caught
Staring at sidewalks, hiding my track marks
I left my best friends or did they just leave me
In a crooked little town, they were lost and never found
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground
In a crooked little town, they were lost and never found
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground
Run away before you drown or the streets will beat you down
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground
Run away before you drown
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground
Run away before you drown
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground
I hitched a ride, up to the coast
To leave behind, all of my ghosts
Searching for something, I couldn't find at home
Can't get no job, can you spare a dime?
Just one more hit and I'll be fine
I swear to God, this'll be my one last time
In a crooked little town, they were lost and never found
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground
Run away before you drown or the streets will beat you down
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground
When it gets dark, in Pigeon Park
Voice in my head, will soon be fed
By the vultures that circle round the dead
In a crooked little town, they were lost and never found
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground
Run away before you drown, or the streets will beat you down
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground
I never once thought, I'd ever be caught
Staring at sidewalks, hiding my track marks
I left my best friends or did they just leave me
In a crooked little town, they were lost and never found
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground
In a crooked little town, they were lost and never found
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground
Run away before you drown or the streets will beat you down
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground
Run away before you drown
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground
Run away before you drown
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves on the ground
Lyrics submitted by Moriquendi
Fallen Leaves Lyrics as written by Ben Kowalewicz Aaron Solowoniuk
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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