"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.
This thing called life goes by so quickly
One day you're here and then you're gone
This is the moment I've lived my whole life for
And I'll never give up, I've waited too long
I've waited
Waited too long
I've waited too long
And all along the road, all the bodies left behind
May all have been good friends, just not good friends of mine
I've been kicked out and I said I quit
Then I said, "I had enough" and "This is it"
All I wanted was just one more show for the road
'Cause it was over last time before I could blink, I could blink
I've waited
Waited too long
I've waited too long
And all along the road, all the bodies left behind
May all have been good friends, just not good friends of mine
Their bodies left behind
One day you're here and then you're gone
This is the moment I've lived my whole life for
And I'll never give up, I've waited too long
I've waited
Waited too long
I've waited too long
And all along the road, all the bodies left behind
May all have been good friends, just not good friends of mine
I've been kicked out and I said I quit
Then I said, "I had enough" and "This is it"
All I wanted was just one more show for the road
'Cause it was over last time before I could blink, I could blink
I've waited
Waited too long
I've waited too long
And all along the road, all the bodies left behind
May all have been good friends, just not good friends of mine
Their bodies left behind
Lyrics submitted by Rusty Diamonds, edited by Sweep \\m//
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