"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.
When you, look down on me, I can't see, I can’t see it
Because the glare from you angry eyes is killing me,
You protect just one,
So I don’t care, so I don’t Oh
It's killing me it's killing me
Different worlds can you feel it
To you or does it make a difference
But I knew you before they did...
Different strokes sugar kiss
Well Webster just couldn’t deal with yea himself,
I knew you before they did...
We’re just trying to play
And find a way for ourselves
to be happy in life
But then you and your friends have made different plans
And now we’re run or receiving
End your lies your smiles they deviate, irritate is a
Game this feeling the hate
What the hell happened to you
I'm so confused you should be too you should be too
The words are kind has be to long
Drowning myself in a bottle but nothings...wrong
And I knew you before they did...
Sitting up a sleeping roll in your eyes
You did it, you did it
I knew you before they did...
When you, look down on me, I can't see, I can’t see it
Because the glare from you angry eyes is killing me,
You pretentious [protect just] one,
So I don’t care, so I don’t Oh
It's killing me it's killing me
You, what the hell happened to you oh yeah
You, what the hell happened to you oh yeah
You, what the hell happened to you oh yeah
You, what the hell happened to you OH YEAH!
Because the glare from you angry eyes is killing me,
You protect just one,
So I don’t care, so I don’t Oh
It's killing me it's killing me
Different worlds can you feel it
To you or does it make a difference
But I knew you before they did...
Different strokes sugar kiss
Well Webster just couldn’t deal with yea himself,
I knew you before they did...
We’re just trying to play
And find a way for ourselves
to be happy in life
But then you and your friends have made different plans
And now we’re run or receiving
End your lies your smiles they deviate, irritate is a
Game this feeling the hate
What the hell happened to you
I'm so confused you should be too you should be too
The words are kind has be to long
Drowning myself in a bottle but nothings...wrong
And I knew you before they did...
Sitting up a sleeping roll in your eyes
You did it, you did it
I knew you before they did...
When you, look down on me, I can't see, I can’t see it
Because the glare from you angry eyes is killing me,
You pretentious [protect just] one,
So I don’t care, so I don’t Oh
It's killing me it's killing me
You, what the hell happened to you oh yeah
You, what the hell happened to you oh yeah
You, what the hell happened to you oh yeah
You, what the hell happened to you OH YEAH!
Lyrics submitted by skacore_dude
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