"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.
Imagine, now you are walking on the ground
The ground is shining with emerald green
There is no fear and there is no war
Child are playing in the bright sunshine
We are believing the world will have to come
The world is peaceful and we can feel the warm
There is no fear and there is no war
Child of free in the bright future
In your eyes, I can see the flame is burning
Now you decide to fight for the freedom
In your eyes, I can see the flame is burning
Fly away, against the wind
On through the night, we'll go on
We can try again
Now the time to cry and fly away
So we will go
We can try again
It is took so long to find the way
We feel the light
We can try again
Now the time to cry and fly away
So we will go on and on
We can try again
It is took so long to find the way
We feel the light
Heading for future, we are moving forward
We endured for the long... long time
There is no fear and there is no war
Child of free in the bright future
In your eyes, I can see the flame is burning
Now you decide to fight for the freedom
In your eyes, I can see the flame is burning
Fly away, against the wind
On through the night, we'll go on
We can try again
Now the time to cry and fly away
So we will go
We can try again
It is took so long to find the way
We feel the light
We can try again
Now the time to cry and fly away
So we will go on and on
We can try again
It is took so long to find the way
We feel the light
In your eyes, I can see the flame is burning...
We can try again...
The ground is shining with emerald green
There is no fear and there is no war
Child are playing in the bright sunshine
We are believing the world will have to come
The world is peaceful and we can feel the warm
There is no fear and there is no war
Child of free in the bright future
In your eyes, I can see the flame is burning
Now you decide to fight for the freedom
In your eyes, I can see the flame is burning
Fly away, against the wind
On through the night, we'll go on
We can try again
Now the time to cry and fly away
So we will go
We can try again
It is took so long to find the way
We feel the light
We can try again
Now the time to cry and fly away
So we will go on and on
We can try again
It is took so long to find the way
We feel the light
Heading for future, we are moving forward
We endured for the long... long time
There is no fear and there is no war
Child of free in the bright future
In your eyes, I can see the flame is burning
Now you decide to fight for the freedom
In your eyes, I can see the flame is burning
Fly away, against the wind
On through the night, we'll go on
We can try again
Now the time to cry and fly away
So we will go
We can try again
It is took so long to find the way
We feel the light
We can try again
Now the time to cry and fly away
So we will go on and on
We can try again
It is took so long to find the way
We feel the light
In your eyes, I can see the flame is burning...
We can try again...
Lyrics submitted by Ryuk88
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