"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 wanna know how to feel
Are you ready to love me?
Are you ready to want me, girl?
She's got a way with those
She's got a way with those eyes, she can right through
And I'm gonna want all of you
(Whiter than a ghost, whiter than a ghost)
(I'm through with all of-I'm-I'm through all of you, all of you)
Each night starts with a quick glance
Each note's ruling in my heart
This whole time I haven't been breathing
Now it's my time, are you ready to start?
Feelings go through
I wanna be the witness to your locked door quickness
Can I think about everything you're telling me?
This love is not true
There's a meaning in the minor notes
Are my words gonna make you choke?
She said it's only for one night
And everything's all right
She's working magic like it's meant to be
These pyromantics are so bright
She's saving nothing for next time
She's gonna run me down (oh oh oh)
Girl amaze me, then drive me crazy
Break my world in two (oh oh oh)
And I will wake up shaking on the bedpost
Whiter than a ghost
Once upon a tragic time
There was a boy who lost his mind
Fell into a pretty pretty little girl
And he never got a chance to learn
(oh oh oh)
These hearts won't stop
(oh oh oh)
These notes won't not
And I hated the way
I wouldn't get the time of day
She said it's only for one night
And everything's all right
She's working magic like it's meant to be
These pyromantics are so bright
She's saving nothing for next time
She's gonna run me down (oh oh oh)
Girl amaze me, and drive me crazy
Break my world in two (oh oh oh)
And I will wake up shaking on the bedpost
Whiter than a ghost
Kinda funny how it felt so right
Kinda funny how it changed my life
Yeah, yeah if only I could take it back, take it back, take it back
Ain't it funny how it felt so right?(yeah yeah)
Ain't it funny how it changed my life?(yeah yeah)
I could tell it to you a hundred times
The tragic tale of a boy who lost his mind
She said it's only for one night
And everything's all right
She's working magic like it's meant to be
These pyromantics are so bright
She's saving nothing for next time
She's gonna run me down (oh oh oh)
Girl amaze me, and drive me crazy
Break my world in two (oh oh oh)
And I will wake up shaking on the bedpost
Whiter than a ghost
(whiter than a ghost,whiter than a ghost, whiter than a ghost, whiter than a ghost)
(I'm through with all of you, I'm through with all of you, all of you)
Are you ready to love me?
Are you ready to want me, girl?
She's got a way with those
She's got a way with those eyes, she can right through
And I'm gonna want all of you
(Whiter than a ghost, whiter than a ghost)
(I'm through with all of-I'm-I'm through all of you, all of you)
Each night starts with a quick glance
Each note's ruling in my heart
This whole time I haven't been breathing
Now it's my time, are you ready to start?
Feelings go through
I wanna be the witness to your locked door quickness
Can I think about everything you're telling me?
This love is not true
There's a meaning in the minor notes
Are my words gonna make you choke?
She said it's only for one night
And everything's all right
She's working magic like it's meant to be
These pyromantics are so bright
She's saving nothing for next time
She's gonna run me down (oh oh oh)
Girl amaze me, then drive me crazy
Break my world in two (oh oh oh)
And I will wake up shaking on the bedpost
Whiter than a ghost
Once upon a tragic time
There was a boy who lost his mind
Fell into a pretty pretty little girl
And he never got a chance to learn
(oh oh oh)
These hearts won't stop
(oh oh oh)
These notes won't not
And I hated the way
I wouldn't get the time of day
She said it's only for one night
And everything's all right
She's working magic like it's meant to be
These pyromantics are so bright
She's saving nothing for next time
She's gonna run me down (oh oh oh)
Girl amaze me, and drive me crazy
Break my world in two (oh oh oh)
And I will wake up shaking on the bedpost
Whiter than a ghost
Kinda funny how it felt so right
Kinda funny how it changed my life
Yeah, yeah if only I could take it back, take it back, take it back
Ain't it funny how it felt so right?(yeah yeah)
Ain't it funny how it changed my life?(yeah yeah)
I could tell it to you a hundred times
The tragic tale of a boy who lost his mind
She said it's only for one night
And everything's all right
She's working magic like it's meant to be
These pyromantics are so bright
She's saving nothing for next time
She's gonna run me down (oh oh oh)
Girl amaze me, and drive me crazy
Break my world in two (oh oh oh)
And I will wake up shaking on the bedpost
Whiter than a ghost
(whiter than a ghost,whiter than a ghost, whiter than a ghost, whiter than a ghost)
(I'm through with all of you, I'm through with all of you, all of you)
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