"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.
You just can't believe
The lie of the day
You just can't believe
What I've got left to give you
I have been set up and I've been taken in
You just can't believe what a stunning son of a bitch you have been
We're so sorry
Now I'm into you so deep
And we're so sorry
That the coffee isn't cheap
And there is no cream and no confection
I can barely afford your protection
I may never understand just how you plan to win me
Sometimes gently, sometimes through fear
You could've signed my heart, but instead I got a card that read
"The Dulles brothers were here"
You just can't imagine
How stupid I feel
You just can't imagine
Because it's real
It's feet to the shoes and shoes to the tar
You just can't imagine the exquisite pain in the ass that you are
We're so sorry
Now there's a SWAT team on my roof
And we're so sorry
You'll no longer be of use
And left with just one prospect and just one talent
I hope you can afford to keep me silent
I think it's pretty clear that you have made a bad decision
And your reason is not so clear
We could've had the world, but you'd've had it anyway
I'll be sure and say
"The Dulles brothers were here"
The Dulles brothers were here
I may never understand just how you plan to win me
Sometimes gently, sometimes through fear
You could've had heart, but instead there was a card that read
"The Dulles brothers were here"
The Dulles brothers were here
The Dulles brothers were here
The Dulles brothers were here
The lie of the day
You just can't believe
What I've got left to give you
I have been set up and I've been taken in
You just can't believe what a stunning son of a bitch you have been
We're so sorry
Now I'm into you so deep
And we're so sorry
That the coffee isn't cheap
And there is no cream and no confection
I can barely afford your protection
I may never understand just how you plan to win me
Sometimes gently, sometimes through fear
You could've signed my heart, but instead I got a card that read
"The Dulles brothers were here"
You just can't imagine
How stupid I feel
You just can't imagine
Because it's real
It's feet to the shoes and shoes to the tar
You just can't imagine the exquisite pain in the ass that you are
We're so sorry
Now there's a SWAT team on my roof
And we're so sorry
You'll no longer be of use
And left with just one prospect and just one talent
I hope you can afford to keep me silent
I think it's pretty clear that you have made a bad decision
And your reason is not so clear
We could've had the world, but you'd've had it anyway
I'll be sure and say
"The Dulles brothers were here"
The Dulles brothers were here
I may never understand just how you plan to win me
Sometimes gently, sometimes through fear
You could've had heart, but instead there was a card that read
"The Dulles brothers were here"
The Dulles brothers were here
The Dulles brothers were here
The Dulles brothers were here
Lyrics submitted by albigensian
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