"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.
It is complete now
Two ends of time are neatly tied
A one-way street
She's walking to the end of the line
There she meets the faces she keeps in her heart and mind
They say, "Good-bye"
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Underneath the chilly gray November sky
You can make believe that Kennedy is still alive
They're shooting for the moon
And smiling Jackie's driving by
They say "Good try!"
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Only God says, "Jump!"
So I set the time
'Cause if he ever saw
It was through these eyes of mine
And if he ever suffered it was me who did his crying
Oh, yeah! Good-bye!
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
I told the priest, "Don't plan on any second comings. God got his ass kicked the first time he came down here slumming. He had the balls to come, the gall to die, and then forgive us."
No, I don't wonder why
I wonder what he thought it'd get us.
Hey, hey, good-bye
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Only God says "Jump!"
So I set the time
Cause if he ever saw
It was through these eyes of mine
And if he ever suffered it was me who did his crying
Hey, hey, good-bye
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Hey, hey, good-bye
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Two ends of time are neatly tied
A one-way street
She's walking to the end of the line
There she meets the faces she keeps in her heart and mind
They say, "Good-bye"
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Underneath the chilly gray November sky
You can make believe that Kennedy is still alive
They're shooting for the moon
And smiling Jackie's driving by
They say "Good try!"
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Only God says, "Jump!"
So I set the time
'Cause if he ever saw
It was through these eyes of mine
And if he ever suffered it was me who did his crying
Oh, yeah! Good-bye!
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
I told the priest, "Don't plan on any second comings. God got his ass kicked the first time he came down here slumming. He had the balls to come, the gall to die, and then forgive us."
No, I don't wonder why
I wonder what he thought it'd get us.
Hey, hey, good-bye
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Only God says "Jump!"
So I set the time
Cause if he ever saw
It was through these eyes of mine
And if he ever suffered it was me who did his crying
Hey, hey, good-bye
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Hey, hey, good-bye
Tomorrow Wendy is going to die
Lyrics submitted by Heat
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