"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.
I paint the walls a perfect color
Then you go and tear them down
My garden of love grew with all its wonder
Then you go an dig it out
Well what can I say?
You keep bringing the gray
And you’re making it hard to see clear
It’s been dull for so long
And ready for sun
You are no longer welcome here
You say you’re sorry but I know
Given the chance you’d do it again
So take your promises and go
You can’t love
What you can’t control
I’m building these walls just to keep you away
And you go and tear them down
Well what can I say?
You keep bringing the gray
And I don’t want you around
You say you’re sorry but I know
Given the chance you’d do it again
So take your promises and go
You can’t love
What you can’t control
You say you’re sorry but I know
Given the chance you’d do it again
So take your promises and go
You can’t love
What you can’t control
Well the grass is greener
On the other side its true
And there’s just no more room for me and you
Don’t say you’re sorry when I go
You had your chance
You did it again
So take your promises and go
You can’t love what you can’t control
You say you’re sorry but I know
Given the chance you’d do it again
So take your promises and go
You can’t love
What you can’t control
You say you’re sorry but I know
Given the chance you’d do it again
So take your promises and go
You can’t love
What you can’t control
Well the grass is greener on the other side it’s true
There’s just no more room
For me and you
Then you go and tear them down
My garden of love grew with all its wonder
Then you go an dig it out
Well what can I say?
You keep bringing the gray
And you’re making it hard to see clear
It’s been dull for so long
And ready for sun
You are no longer welcome here
You say you’re sorry but I know
Given the chance you’d do it again
So take your promises and go
You can’t love
What you can’t control
I’m building these walls just to keep you away
And you go and tear them down
Well what can I say?
You keep bringing the gray
And I don’t want you around
You say you’re sorry but I know
Given the chance you’d do it again
So take your promises and go
You can’t love
What you can’t control
You say you’re sorry but I know
Given the chance you’d do it again
So take your promises and go
You can’t love
What you can’t control
Well the grass is greener
On the other side its true
And there’s just no more room for me and you
Don’t say you’re sorry when I go
You had your chance
You did it again
So take your promises and go
You can’t love what you can’t control
You say you’re sorry but I know
Given the chance you’d do it again
So take your promises and go
You can’t love
What you can’t control
You say you’re sorry but I know
Given the chance you’d do it again
So take your promises and go
You can’t love
What you can’t control
Well the grass is greener on the other side it’s true
There’s just no more room
For me and you
Lyrics submitted by betsywilson
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