"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.
Sean
What can I say?
When you think you've had enough,
And there's no more game to play
If you're feelin' life just passed you by,
And the story's all the same.
If the little lies that you tell each night,
Don't impress, then you need to change.
Well its all right here in the game,
Can you see yourself fall in and out of love
Its always the same
Can you be yourself and give it up for love.
Well no one can blame,
If you're feelin' out of touch,
While your dreams all slip away.
If your feelin' tired of the bumpy ride
And the roads all lead you away,
From the city life and the phony smiles,
Don't forget, your home's where you stay.
But its all just part of the game
Where you see your self go, in and out of love,
You're always the same
Can you free yourself and live enough for us?
Well its all right here in the game,
Can you see yourself fall in and out of love,
Its always the same
Can you be yourself and give it up for
All just part of the game
Where you see your self go, in and out of love,
You're always the same
Can you free yourself and live enough for
There's a soul here in you and I,
One that can make you fly,
Don't let it pass you by
If you're feelin' its passed you by,
And if you're feelin' tired,
Feelin' the city life
There's a soul here in you and I,
One that can make you fly,
Don't let it pass you by
If you're feelin' its passed you by,
And if you're feelin tired,
Feelin' the city life
What can I say?
When you think you've had enough,
And there's no more game to play
If you're feelin' life just passed you by,
And the story's all the same.
If the little lies that you tell each night,
Don't impress, then you need to change.
Well its all right here in the game,
Can you see yourself fall in and out of love
Its always the same
Can you be yourself and give it up for love.
Well no one can blame,
If you're feelin' out of touch,
While your dreams all slip away.
If your feelin' tired of the bumpy ride
And the roads all lead you away,
From the city life and the phony smiles,
Don't forget, your home's where you stay.
But its all just part of the game
Where you see your self go, in and out of love,
You're always the same
Can you free yourself and live enough for us?
Well its all right here in the game,
Can you see yourself fall in and out of love,
Its always the same
Can you be yourself and give it up for
All just part of the game
Where you see your self go, in and out of love,
You're always the same
Can you free yourself and live enough for
There's a soul here in you and I,
One that can make you fly,
Don't let it pass you by
If you're feelin' its passed you by,
And if you're feelin' tired,
Feelin' the city life
There's a soul here in you and I,
One that can make you fly,
Don't let it pass you by
If you're feelin' its passed you by,
And if you're feelin tired,
Feelin' the city life
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Sean Lyrics as written by Lysa Hickey-trenier Jay Denes
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