"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'm trying to find a way
So I can keep on searchin' for my own space
Hoping to see the signs I see you there, you there standin'
Holding an open door
Wish I could walk on past it, I want more
Hoping to see the right way
Saying something so I know where the end is
With or without this, feels like it's all just a game
You're standing where I see a solution, you are the problem
Should I go or stay?
Trying to find a way
So I can move my heart
And walk past open doors
Saying something so I know where the end is
With or without the effect of a casualty
You're standing where I see a solution, am I the problem?
Should I go or stay?
Yes I'm trying to find a way
So I can keep on searching for my own space
Hoping to see the signs
I see you there, you there standin'
Holding an open door
Wish I could walk on past it, I want more
Hoping to see the signs
Hoping to feel the right way
This time I swear, I'm gonna speak my mind
I would hold it, I could just pretend
This time I swear, I'm gonna speak my mind
I would hold it, I could just pretend
This time I swear, I'm gonna speak my mind
I just wanna speak my mind
I just wanna speak my, mind
Trying to find a way
So I can keep on searching for my own space
Hoping to see the signs
I see you there standin', was it worth standing?
I see too many open doors
Wish I could walk on past it, but I want more
Hoping to see the right way Wanting to find the way
'Cause I'm trying to find my way
So I can keep on searchin' for my own space
Hoping to see the signs I see you there, you there standin'
Holding an open door
Wish I could walk on past it, I want more
Hoping to see the right way
Saying something so I know where the end is
With or without this, feels like it's all just a game
You're standing where I see a solution, you are the problem
Should I go or stay?
Trying to find a way
So I can move my heart
And walk past open doors
Saying something so I know where the end is
With or without the effect of a casualty
You're standing where I see a solution, am I the problem?
Should I go or stay?
Yes I'm trying to find a way
So I can keep on searching for my own space
Hoping to see the signs
I see you there, you there standin'
Holding an open door
Wish I could walk on past it, I want more
Hoping to see the signs
Hoping to feel the right way
This time I swear, I'm gonna speak my mind
I would hold it, I could just pretend
This time I swear, I'm gonna speak my mind
I would hold it, I could just pretend
This time I swear, I'm gonna speak my mind
I just wanna speak my mind
I just wanna speak my, mind
Trying to find a way
So I can keep on searching for my own space
Hoping to see the signs
I see you there standin', was it worth standing?
I see too many open doors
Wish I could walk on past it, but I want more
Hoping to see the right way Wanting to find the way
'Cause I'm trying to find my way
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The lyrics in the official booklet are as follows:
Trying to find a way, so I can keep on searching for my own space, open to see the signs I see you there, you there standing Holding an open door Wish I could walk on past it I want more, hoping I see the right way
Say something so I know when the end is With or without this feels like it's all just a game You're standing where I see a solution You are the problem, should I go or stay
Trying to find a way, so I can move on And walk past open doors
Say something so I know when the end is With or without the effect, I'm the casualty You're standing where I see a solution Am I the problem, should I go or stay
As I'm trying to find a way So I can keep on searching for my own space Open to see the signs I see you there You there standing, holding an open door I wish I could walk on past it, I want more Open to see the signs Hoping I feel the right way
This time I swear, I'm gonna speak my mind I would hold it if I could just pretend I just want to speak my mind
Trying to find a way So I can keep on searching for my own space Open to see the signs I see you there standing where sense was standing I see too many open doors, wish I could walk on past it I want more, hoping I see the right way
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afjkdlasjf this song is love!
I think it's, "I would hold it IF I could just pretend"... I think!