"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.
At the Bama Breeze
You can shoot some pool down there
You can act the fool down there
You can play it cool down there
At the Bama Breeze
You can drink some beer down here
Argue, laugh, and cheer down there
Pass another year down there
Jimmy got caught smokin' a joint out behind the bar
Sittin' in his car and they took him to jail
The tip jar paid his bail
In 1984, Mick Jagger passed through town
Bought the house a round and signed his name on the wall
In the ladies bathroom stall
Yeah, at the Bama Breeze
I turned 21 down there
Had too much fun down there
Stumbled out with the sun down there
Saturday nights, the bouncer Grady
Lets the ladies in free with a fake ID and a short enough skirt
Yeah, he figures what the hell could it hurt
Second set, the owner LuLu gets up with the band
A beer in her hand, and sings "Free Bird" slow
Then she raises a toast, here's to Ronnie and the boys
Now everybody make some noise
At the Bama Breeze
You're one of our own down there
You'll never drink alone down there
Good god, I feel at home down there
At the Bama Breeze
You're one of our own down there
You'll never drink alone down there
Good god, I feel at home down there
You can shoot some pool down there
You can act the fool down there
You can play it cool down there
At the Bama Breeze
You can drink some beer down here
Argue, laugh, and cheer down there
Pass another year down there
Jimmy got caught smokin' a joint out behind the bar
Sittin' in his car and they took him to jail
The tip jar paid his bail
In 1984, Mick Jagger passed through town
Bought the house a round and signed his name on the wall
In the ladies bathroom stall
Yeah, at the Bama Breeze
I turned 21 down there
Had too much fun down there
Stumbled out with the sun down there
Saturday nights, the bouncer Grady
Lets the ladies in free with a fake ID and a short enough skirt
Yeah, he figures what the hell could it hurt
Second set, the owner LuLu gets up with the band
A beer in her hand, and sings "Free Bird" slow
Then she raises a toast, here's to Ronnie and the boys
Now everybody make some noise
At the Bama Breeze
You're one of our own down there
You'll never drink alone down there
Good god, I feel at home down there
At the Bama Breeze
You're one of our own down there
You'll never drink alone down there
Good god, I feel at home down there
Lyrics submitted by gmaniac6899
Bama Breeze Lyrics as written by Josh Kear Chris Tompkins
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Bluewater Music Corp.
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this reminds me of the song "copacabana".. it's about a place where you cahn just kick back and hang out and have a fun time, where nobody has a care in the world.. at the end where he says "You're one of our own down there, you never drink alone down there.. good god I feel at home down there" I love that.