"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.
she wakes in the morning
tired of the same
she's off to catch her daydreams
before the slip away
she's going to catch the train
it won't let her down again
just clutching at the photograph
before he slips away
(chorus)
but i feel
like i've never felt before
and i know
there's got to be something more
i believe in something greather than this
i can feel it now
i can be it now
because i am it now
she's living in a dream world
following no crowd
she thinks it's her religion
with both feet off the ground
she wants to learn to fly
but cannot get the ropes untied
who will come and rescue her
it echoes through her mind
(chorus)
but i feel
like i've never felt before
and i know
there's got to be something more
i believe in something greather than this
i can feel it now
i can be it now
because i am it now
and it will be
different today
yes i'm rich
in so many ways
it's so simple
it's so plain
there's really nothing
left to explain
because i will be
different today
(chorus)
but i feel
like i've never felt before
and i know
there's got to be something more
i believe in something greather than this
i can feel it now
i can be it now
because i am it now
tired of the same
she's off to catch her daydreams
before the slip away
she's going to catch the train
it won't let her down again
just clutching at the photograph
before he slips away
(chorus)
but i feel
like i've never felt before
and i know
there's got to be something more
i believe in something greather than this
i can feel it now
i can be it now
because i am it now
she's living in a dream world
following no crowd
she thinks it's her religion
with both feet off the ground
she wants to learn to fly
but cannot get the ropes untied
who will come and rescue her
it echoes through her mind
(chorus)
but i feel
like i've never felt before
and i know
there's got to be something more
i believe in something greather than this
i can feel it now
i can be it now
because i am it now
and it will be
different today
yes i'm rich
in so many ways
it's so simple
it's so plain
there's really nothing
left to explain
because i will be
different today
(chorus)
but i feel
like i've never felt before
and i know
there's got to be something more
i believe in something greather than this
i can feel it now
i can be it now
because i am it now
Lyrics submitted by loanbree
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