"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.
Me he despertado casi a las diez
y me he quedado en la cama
más de tres cuartos de hora,
y ha merecido la pena.
Ha entrado el sol por la ventana,
y han brillado en el aire
algunas motas de polvo.
He salido a la ventana
y hacía una estupenda mañana.
H e bajado al bar para desayunar
y he leído en el Marca
que se ha lesionado el niñato.
Y no me he acordado de ti
hasta pasado un buen rato.
Luego han venido estos por aquí
y nos hemos bajado
a tomarnos unas cañas,
y me he reído con ellos.
He estado durmiendo hasta las seis
y después he leído
unos tebeos de Spiderman,
que casi no recordaba.
Y he salido de la cama
He puesto la tele y había un partido
y Mendieta ha marcado un gol
realmente increíble.
Y me he puesto triste
el momento justo antes de irme.
Había quedado de nuevo a las diez
y he bajado en la moto
hacia los bares de siempre,
donde quedaba contigo,
y no hacía nada de frío.
He estado con Erik hasta las seis
y nos hemos metido
cuatro millones de rayas.
Y no he vuelto a pensar en ti
hasta que he llegado a casa,
y ya no he podido dormir
como siempre me pasa.
y me he quedado en la cama
más de tres cuartos de hora,
y ha merecido la pena.
Ha entrado el sol por la ventana,
y han brillado en el aire
algunas motas de polvo.
He salido a la ventana
y hacía una estupenda mañana.
H e bajado al bar para desayunar
y he leído en el Marca
que se ha lesionado el niñato.
Y no me he acordado de ti
hasta pasado un buen rato.
Luego han venido estos por aquí
y nos hemos bajado
a tomarnos unas cañas,
y me he reído con ellos.
He estado durmiendo hasta las seis
y después he leído
unos tebeos de Spiderman,
que casi no recordaba.
Y he salido de la cama
He puesto la tele y había un partido
y Mendieta ha marcado un gol
realmente increíble.
Y me he puesto triste
el momento justo antes de irme.
Había quedado de nuevo a las diez
y he bajado en la moto
hacia los bares de siempre,
donde quedaba contigo,
y no hacía nada de frío.
He estado con Erik hasta las seis
y nos hemos metido
cuatro millones de rayas.
Y no he vuelto a pensar en ti
hasta que he llegado a casa,
y ya no he podido dormir
como siempre me pasa.
Lyrics submitted by sarahsavedlatin
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