"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.
Long time since we last met
Now this is what we've come to
Did you find what you were looking for
Always after what the others could not get
No time for rainy days
No room for anyone else
Blinding yourself with what you'd have thought
would be the light
And now you're sad is that it
You need someone is that it
But I don't think that I can help you
I could take your hand
and make you smile
I could break your heart
to see what's left inside
Hide in the closet like you use to hold your
breath til' you turn blue
Then come on out to see it's dark
and there is noone there
So much for security
The end is not so far away
Those aimless shots these uncried tears
These are the things you've paid for
And now you're sad is that it
You need someone is that it
But I won't kiss away your tears
I could take your hand
and make you smile
I could break your heart
to see what's left inside
Life on the top shelf got you down
and got the better of you
Your wings cut off fall to the ground
without a sound fall to the ground
And now you're sad is that it
You need someone Is that it
But I won't let myself be fooled
I could take your hand
and make you smile
I could break your heart
to see what's left inside
Now this is what we've come to
Did you find what you were looking for
Always after what the others could not get
No time for rainy days
No room for anyone else
Blinding yourself with what you'd have thought
would be the light
And now you're sad is that it
You need someone is that it
But I don't think that I can help you
I could take your hand
and make you smile
I could break your heart
to see what's left inside
Hide in the closet like you use to hold your
breath til' you turn blue
Then come on out to see it's dark
and there is noone there
So much for security
The end is not so far away
Those aimless shots these uncried tears
These are the things you've paid for
And now you're sad is that it
You need someone is that it
But I won't kiss away your tears
I could take your hand
and make you smile
I could break your heart
to see what's left inside
Life on the top shelf got you down
and got the better of you
Your wings cut off fall to the ground
without a sound fall to the ground
And now you're sad is that it
You need someone Is that it
But I won't let myself be fooled
I could take your hand
and make you smile
I could break your heart
to see what's left inside
Lyrics submitted by Joshoewaa
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