"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.
Quando eu nasci veio um anjo safado
O chato "dum" querubim
E decretou que eu estava predestinado
A ser errado assim
Já de saída a minha estrada entortou
Mas vou até o fim
"Inda" garoto deixei de ir à escola
Cassaram meu boletim
Não sou ladrão, eu não sou bom de bola
Nem posso ouvir clarim
Um bom futuro é o que jamais me esperou
Mas vou até o fim
Eu bem que tenho ensaiado um progresso
Virei cantor de festim
Mamãe contou que eu faço um bruto sucesso
Em Quixeramobim
Não sei como o maracatu começou
Mas vou até o fim
Por conta de umas questões paralelas
Quebraram meu bandolim
Não querem mais ouvir as minhas mazelas
E a minha voz chinfrim
Criei barriga, a minha mula empacou
Mas vou até o fim
Não tem cigarro acabou minha renda
Deu praga no meu capim
Minha mulher fugiu com o dono da venda
O que será de mim ?
Eu já nem lembro "pronde" mesmo que vou
Mas vou até o fim
Como já disse é um anjo safado
O chato "dum" Querubim
Que decretou que eu estava predestinado
A ser todo ruim
Já de saída a minha estrada entortou
Mas vou até o fim
Lyrics submitted by annazoff
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