"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.
i've got nothing to do - but i still wanna do it with you
i've got nothing to say - but i'll talk to you all day
there's only so much a man can do
but such a lot a boy will go through
i want to adolesce with you
if i had something to lose - i'd want to lose it to you
see, they don't know you like i do - and i don't know you at all
there's only so much a man can do
but such a lot a boy will go through
i want to adolesce with you
i know i'm ahead of my time
that's why i'm always speaking too soon
[ad lib]
there's only so much a man can do
but such a lot a boy will go through
i want to adolesce with you
i do the shyboy shuffle too and a tune
hey sad kid with your knickers in a twist
did you bathe and shave for this?
came away without a kiss
patience is a virtue - but waits like these just hurt you
we'll try and be adult about this
even if it makes us just feel like kids
o isn't it dumb? isn't it dumb? isn't it dumb?
o isn't it dumb?
but isn't it fun?
i've got nothing to say - but i'll talk to you all day
there's only so much a man can do
but such a lot a boy will go through
i want to adolesce with you
if i had something to lose - i'd want to lose it to you
see, they don't know you like i do - and i don't know you at all
there's only so much a man can do
but such a lot a boy will go through
i want to adolesce with you
i know i'm ahead of my time
that's why i'm always speaking too soon
[ad lib]
there's only so much a man can do
but such a lot a boy will go through
i want to adolesce with you
i do the shyboy shuffle too and a tune
hey sad kid with your knickers in a twist
did you bathe and shave for this?
came away without a kiss
patience is a virtue - but waits like these just hurt you
we'll try and be adult about this
even if it makes us just feel like kids
o isn't it dumb? isn't it dumb? isn't it dumb?
o isn't it dumb?
but isn't it fun?
Lyrics submitted by radiokampf
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