"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.
when the coffee's grown cold I feel, tired and old
and the soles of my shoes have worn thin
when sometimes I ache, and regret my mistakes
and I don't know just where to begin
take the leaves from the street
where she stood next to me
and scatter them under my bed
take her bracelets and her rings
and her other precious things
and bury them in the place that we met
well her eyes were blue, when she sat next to you
and she gave you a ribbon from her hair
as her eyes turned grey you knew, she'd deceive you someday
and she knew that you really wouldn't care
take the leaves from the street
where she stood next to me
and scatter them under my bed
take her bracelets and her rings
and her other precious things
and bury them in the place that we met
well her eyes were blues, when she walked away from you
and she slipped a robin's egg in to my hand
as she turned away I knew, she'd deceive me someday
and she hopes that maybe I'd understand
take the leaves from the street
where she stood next to me
and scatter them under my bed
take her bracelets and her rings
and her other precious things
and bury them in the place that we met...
and the soles of my shoes have worn thin
when sometimes I ache, and regret my mistakes
and I don't know just where to begin
take the leaves from the street
where she stood next to me
and scatter them under my bed
take her bracelets and her rings
and her other precious things
and bury them in the place that we met
well her eyes were blue, when she sat next to you
and she gave you a ribbon from her hair
as her eyes turned grey you knew, she'd deceive you someday
and she knew that you really wouldn't care
take the leaves from the street
where she stood next to me
and scatter them under my bed
take her bracelets and her rings
and her other precious things
and bury them in the place that we met
well her eyes were blues, when she walked away from you
and she slipped a robin's egg in to my hand
as she turned away I knew, she'd deceive me someday
and she hopes that maybe I'd understand
take the leaves from the street
where she stood next to me
and scatter them under my bed
take her bracelets and her rings
and her other precious things
and bury them in the place that we met...
Lyrics submitted by buehnerc
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