"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 prefer walking rather than
running down the street,
I prefer smiling rather than frowning
at the people I might see
If it were up to you would you
look at it the same?
Or would you close your eyes,
have no voice of opinion
of what lies before you? shame on you
Cause I say woah something's gotta give
I need a simpler life to live,
Woah look inside yourself
You best find a better way to measure wealth
Cause it's a simple life for a simple race,
beneath the stars is where we find our place
It's a simple love I'm gonna spread your way
it's a simple life just living it day to day.
I prefer climbing rather than falling from a tree
I prefer singing rather than whispering silently
If it were up to you would you look at it the same? Or
would You close your eyes
and have no voice of opinion
of what lies before you? Shame on you
Cause it's a simple life for a simple race,
beneath the stars is where we find our place
It's a simple love I'm gonna spread your way
it's a simple life just living it day to day.
I prefer helping rather than acting helplessly
I prefer living ain't that the way it's supposed to be?
If it were up to you would you look at it the same?
Or would you close your eyes
and have no voice of opinion
of what lies before you? Shame on you
Cause it's a simple life for a simple race,
beneath the stars is where we find our place
It's a simple love I'm gonna spread your way
it's a simple life just living it day to day.
It's a simple life I'm gonna spread around,
it's a feeling of elation you could get me down
It's a simple world gonna make a stand
it's a simple life
just living it the best we can
running down the street,
I prefer smiling rather than frowning
at the people I might see
If it were up to you would you
look at it the same?
Or would you close your eyes,
have no voice of opinion
of what lies before you? shame on you
Cause I say woah something's gotta give
I need a simpler life to live,
Woah look inside yourself
You best find a better way to measure wealth
Cause it's a simple life for a simple race,
beneath the stars is where we find our place
It's a simple love I'm gonna spread your way
it's a simple life just living it day to day.
I prefer climbing rather than falling from a tree
I prefer singing rather than whispering silently
If it were up to you would you look at it the same? Or
would You close your eyes
and have no voice of opinion
of what lies before you? Shame on you
Cause it's a simple life for a simple race,
beneath the stars is where we find our place
It's a simple love I'm gonna spread your way
it's a simple life just living it day to day.
I prefer helping rather than acting helplessly
I prefer living ain't that the way it's supposed to be?
If it were up to you would you look at it the same?
Or would you close your eyes
and have no voice of opinion
of what lies before you? Shame on you
Cause it's a simple life for a simple race,
beneath the stars is where we find our place
It's a simple love I'm gonna spread your way
it's a simple life just living it day to day.
It's a simple life I'm gonna spread around,
it's a feeling of elation you could get me down
It's a simple world gonna make a stand
it's a simple life
just living it the best we can
Lyrics submitted by FreedomIsDomination
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