"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.
He lies awake, mad at the world
He never felt so small
He made mistakes, he's messed around
Let others take the fall
He's been abused, sad, and confused
Convinced he knew it all
Now he don't know which way to go
Too scared to make the call
Running away from yourself
When you're alone, you got nobody else
Open your eyes
You can see it clearly
Running away
Her head's a mess
She's second best
This girl's the last to know
Just needs a chance to find romance
Someone to love her so
She's got a light so deep inside
Without a chance to grow
And now the blue sky turns to black
The winds begin to blow
Winds begin to blow
Running away from yourself
When you're alone, you got nobody else
Open your eyes
You can see it clearly
Running away
All of the times you turned away
(You turned away)
I know it's never easy
(I know it's never easy)
And when you fall, you'll never stay
I know it's never easy
I know it's never easy
Not easy
Running away from yourself
When you're alone, you got nobody else
Open your eyes
You can see it clearly
Running away
Running away
He never felt so small
He made mistakes, he's messed around
Let others take the fall
He's been abused, sad, and confused
Convinced he knew it all
Now he don't know which way to go
Too scared to make the call
Running away from yourself
When you're alone, you got nobody else
Open your eyes
You can see it clearly
Running away
Her head's a mess
She's second best
This girl's the last to know
Just needs a chance to find romance
Someone to love her so
She's got a light so deep inside
Without a chance to grow
And now the blue sky turns to black
The winds begin to blow
Winds begin to blow
Running away from yourself
When you're alone, you got nobody else
Open your eyes
You can see it clearly
Running away
All of the times you turned away
(You turned away)
I know it's never easy
(I know it's never easy)
And when you fall, you'll never stay
I know it's never easy
I know it's never easy
Not easy
Running away from yourself
When you're alone, you got nobody else
Open your eyes
You can see it clearly
Running away
Running away
Lyrics submitted by thoseguiltyeyes
Running Away Lyrics as written by James Bailey Bob Marlette
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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