"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 ran away from you
I took everything
Facing the day
I turned my back
Just the way you showed me
I'd say I've changed
So you're right
And you stayed the same
I stepped away from you
I won't be coming back
I thought I told you!
I don't need the headache
Why are you so pathetic
Try, and you just might get
It's come to this
And now I'm sick of it
I can't stand the habit
Hide, 'cause you just can't have it
Lie and maybe you'll find
It's come to its end
And now I'm sick of it
You're getting sick of this life
Facing the truth
Chasing the lies you live by
Won't be something new to you
I haven't spoke of bad times
I have no use
Erase the memories
It's something I must do
I thought I told you!
I don't need the headache
Why are you so pathetic
Try, and you just might get
It's come to this
And now I'm sick of it
I can't stand the habit
Hide, 'cause you just can't have it
Lie, and maybe you'll find
It's come to its end
And now I'm sick of it
Nothing around you
Nothing to say
Nothing involving you
Concerns me today
Maybe you'll find out
Maybe you'll break
Maybe you'll end up
Just the way you are today
I thought I told you!
I don't need the headache
Why are you so pathetic
Try, and you just might get
It's come to this
And now I'm sick of it
I can't stand the habit
Hide, 'cause you just can't have it
Lie and maybe you'll find
It's come to its end
And now I'm sick of it
I took everything
Facing the day
I turned my back
Just the way you showed me
I'd say I've changed
So you're right
And you stayed the same
I stepped away from you
I won't be coming back
I thought I told you!
I don't need the headache
Why are you so pathetic
Try, and you just might get
It's come to this
And now I'm sick of it
I can't stand the habit
Hide, 'cause you just can't have it
Lie and maybe you'll find
It's come to its end
And now I'm sick of it
You're getting sick of this life
Facing the truth
Chasing the lies you live by
Won't be something new to you
I haven't spoke of bad times
I have no use
Erase the memories
It's something I must do
I thought I told you!
I don't need the headache
Why are you so pathetic
Try, and you just might get
It's come to this
And now I'm sick of it
I can't stand the habit
Hide, 'cause you just can't have it
Lie, and maybe you'll find
It's come to its end
And now I'm sick of it
Nothing around you
Nothing to say
Nothing involving you
Concerns me today
Maybe you'll find out
Maybe you'll break
Maybe you'll end up
Just the way you are today
I thought I told you!
I don't need the headache
Why are you so pathetic
Try, and you just might get
It's come to this
And now I'm sick of it
I can't stand the habit
Hide, 'cause you just can't have it
Lie and maybe you'll find
It's come to its end
And now I'm sick of it
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