"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.
Well I guess I had it coming all along
And I guess that I deserve it
I've just been playin' my cards all wrong
And I'm still waiting for this to sink in
Well that bottle in the corner
Is starting to look good and I'm
Waiting on you to save me
But it's not like you should
And I can't take your call
So just leave me a message
Tell me what you want
And I'll make sure she gets it
Cause I'm getting so far...
From me
I'm still wondering what I did
And I can't help but think it was my fault
This is gonna be hard to forgive
And this aching in my stomach won't stop
And these faded scars on my arms
Well there's more soon to come
And if you look carefully
There's more than a ton
And I can't take your call
So just leave me a message
Tell me what you want
And I'll make sure she gets it
Cause I'm getting so far...
From me
And I tried so hard
To give you what you wanted
And one mistake was all it took
All it took
Your mistakes plus my head equals insanity
Your mistakes plus my head equals insanity
Well that bottle in the corner
Is starting to look good and I'm
Waiting on you to save me
But it's not like you should
And I can't take your call
So just leave me a message
Tell me what you want
And I'll make sure she gets it
Cause I'm getting so far...
From me
I'm getting so far...
From me
And I guess that I deserve it
I've just been playin' my cards all wrong
And I'm still waiting for this to sink in
Well that bottle in the corner
Is starting to look good and I'm
Waiting on you to save me
But it's not like you should
And I can't take your call
So just leave me a message
Tell me what you want
And I'll make sure she gets it
Cause I'm getting so far...
From me
I'm still wondering what I did
And I can't help but think it was my fault
This is gonna be hard to forgive
And this aching in my stomach won't stop
And these faded scars on my arms
Well there's more soon to come
And if you look carefully
There's more than a ton
And I can't take your call
So just leave me a message
Tell me what you want
And I'll make sure she gets it
Cause I'm getting so far...
From me
And I tried so hard
To give you what you wanted
And one mistake was all it took
All it took
Your mistakes plus my head equals insanity
Your mistakes plus my head equals insanity
Well that bottle in the corner
Is starting to look good and I'm
Waiting on you to save me
But it's not like you should
And I can't take your call
So just leave me a message
Tell me what you want
And I'll make sure she gets it
Cause I'm getting so far...
From me
I'm getting so far...
From me
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