"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 recognise your silhouette, and even though we've never met
I hope someday to jam with you, and maybe you will dig my groove
It's all new moves, all new moves, all new moves for me
Glide by shooting star / There's nothing left unless you use it up
Saturday night rollerskating rink / Held my breath but it was hard to take
There's something you should know by now / There's nothing left until you use it up
Glide by shooting star
Shallow hot-shot show-off jerks, I think I'm ready for something else
Disco ball spins round and round, your sparkling eyes light up the room
It's all new moves, all new moves, all new moves for me
Glide by shooting star / There's nothing left unless you use it up
Saturday night rollerskating rink / Held your hand but it was hard to take
There's something you should know by now / There's nothing left until you use it up
Glide by shooting star
Let's spend every weekend at the rink
our fingers entwined, our feet in sync
Will you show me how to shoot the duck?
I'd like to know how to heel-and-toe
It's all new moves, all new moves, all new moves for us
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All you do is cruise through life and just fake it fake it fake it
When you gonna get on the floor and shake it shake it shake it?
When you gonna make your move and groove it groove it groove it?
When you gonna live your life and not just waste it waste it waste it?
I hope someday to jam with you, and maybe you will dig my groove
It's all new moves, all new moves, all new moves for me
Glide by shooting star / There's nothing left unless you use it up
Saturday night rollerskating rink / Held my breath but it was hard to take
There's something you should know by now / There's nothing left until you use it up
Glide by shooting star
Shallow hot-shot show-off jerks, I think I'm ready for something else
Disco ball spins round and round, your sparkling eyes light up the room
It's all new moves, all new moves, all new moves for me
Glide by shooting star / There's nothing left unless you use it up
Saturday night rollerskating rink / Held your hand but it was hard to take
There's something you should know by now / There's nothing left until you use it up
Glide by shooting star
Let's spend every weekend at the rink
our fingers entwined, our feet in sync
Will you show me how to shoot the duck?
I'd like to know how to heel-and-toe
It's all new moves, all new moves, all new moves for us
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All you do is cruise through life and just fake it fake it fake it
When you gonna get on the floor and shake it shake it shake it?
When you gonna make your move and groove it groove it groove it?
When you gonna live your life and not just waste it waste it waste it?
Lyrics submitted by ACEofLONELYHEARTS
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