"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 was born the day John Lennon died
The paper said he never got to say goodbye
Crazy how you can have anything, but time
My father was a preacher, he warned me of sin
I think he wanted me to be like him
They said he looked like Elvis, when he was a younger man
And I don't know where I'm going
But I know its going fast
Loves the only thing that's keeping us alive
Oh This is my this is my this is my this is my revelation
I met a girl down in Nashville, Tennessee
A blonde blue eyed angel said, Would you marry me?
Never thought Id be a father with a family
And I don't know where I'm going
But I know its going fast
Loves the only thing that's keeping us alive
Oh This is my this is my this is my this is my revelation
My feet are on the ground
But I'm flying
My feet are on the ground
But I'm flying
And I don't know where I'm going
But I know its going fast
Don't know where I'm going
But I know its going fast
Loves the only thing that's keeping us alive
Oh This is my this is my this is my this is my revelation
Oh this is my this is my this is my this is my revelation
The paper said he never got to say goodbye
Crazy how you can have anything, but time
My father was a preacher, he warned me of sin
I think he wanted me to be like him
They said he looked like Elvis, when he was a younger man
And I don't know where I'm going
But I know its going fast
Loves the only thing that's keeping us alive
Oh This is my this is my this is my this is my revelation
I met a girl down in Nashville, Tennessee
A blonde blue eyed angel said, Would you marry me?
Never thought Id be a father with a family
And I don't know where I'm going
But I know its going fast
Loves the only thing that's keeping us alive
Oh This is my this is my this is my this is my revelation
My feet are on the ground
But I'm flying
My feet are on the ground
But I'm flying
And I don't know where I'm going
But I know its going fast
Don't know where I'm going
But I know its going fast
Loves the only thing that's keeping us alive
Oh This is my this is my this is my this is my revelation
Oh this is my this is my this is my this is my revelation
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Revelation Lyrics as written by Lindy Robbins Ashley Clarke
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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