"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.
This road seems longer as it takes me
Takes me further each day
Tryin' to get used to all these towns
But I'm not quite the same
So show me, show me what I'm missin'
And what I can't see
And lead me, lead me to believe that
There's still a reason here to stay
Waking up to another mile
While you're still back at home
Tracin' my dreams keep holdin' on
I'll never feel alone
Wanderin' closer I know I'll make it
But how will I make it on my own?
It's comin' in clear now, as I'm gettin' airsick
I'll never make it on my own
I'm sick from breathin' in this new air
Tastes like the time when I lost you
I don't know next time when I see you
Will we always fit the same?
I know there's somethin' to be found here
We're countin' days away from you
But I'll take, take all of this in now
I need a chance to see this through
Wakin' up to another mile
While you're still back at home
Tracin' my dreams keep holdin' on
I'll never feel alone
Wanderin' closer I know I'll make it
But how will I make it on my own?
It's comin' in clear now, as I'm gettin' airsick
I'll never make it on my own, I'll never make it on my own
One shot is all that I'm seein'
Missin' you is all that I'm breathin'
Give or take, take it or leave it now
One shot is all that I'm seein'
Missin' you is all that I'm breathin'
Take it or leave it now
Wakin' up to another mile
While you're still back at home
Tracin' my dreams keep holdin' on
I'll never feel alone
Wanderin' closer I know I'll make it
But how will I make it on my own?
It's comin' in clear now, as I'm gettin' airsick
I'll never make it on my own
It's comin' in clear now, as I'm gettin' airsick
I'll never make it on my own
I'll never make it on my own
I'll never make it on my own
I'm gettin' airsick
Takes me further each day
Tryin' to get used to all these towns
But I'm not quite the same
So show me, show me what I'm missin'
And what I can't see
And lead me, lead me to believe that
There's still a reason here to stay
Waking up to another mile
While you're still back at home
Tracin' my dreams keep holdin' on
I'll never feel alone
Wanderin' closer I know I'll make it
But how will I make it on my own?
It's comin' in clear now, as I'm gettin' airsick
I'll never make it on my own
I'm sick from breathin' in this new air
Tastes like the time when I lost you
I don't know next time when I see you
Will we always fit the same?
I know there's somethin' to be found here
We're countin' days away from you
But I'll take, take all of this in now
I need a chance to see this through
Wakin' up to another mile
While you're still back at home
Tracin' my dreams keep holdin' on
I'll never feel alone
Wanderin' closer I know I'll make it
But how will I make it on my own?
It's comin' in clear now, as I'm gettin' airsick
I'll never make it on my own, I'll never make it on my own
One shot is all that I'm seein'
Missin' you is all that I'm breathin'
Give or take, take it or leave it now
One shot is all that I'm seein'
Missin' you is all that I'm breathin'
Take it or leave it now
Wakin' up to another mile
While you're still back at home
Tracin' my dreams keep holdin' on
I'll never feel alone
Wanderin' closer I know I'll make it
But how will I make it on my own?
It's comin' in clear now, as I'm gettin' airsick
I'll never make it on my own
It's comin' in clear now, as I'm gettin' airsick
I'll never make it on my own
I'll never make it on my own
I'll never make it on my own
I'm gettin' airsick
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