"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.
There's no time for later my lost and lonely friend
You were the instigator of your destruction and descent
There's beauty in disaster but it's hard to see from here
It might take just a little more time or just a few more beer
[Chorus]
Hey Joe, it's time to hit the road, it's time to go
Let's go your moving way too slow this ain't no joke
You're slow, get your hat and grab your coat
It's time to go, lets go, it's time to hit the road!
There's no time for later
You lost your mind, you lost your head,
You told off all your friends
Now you're living on my couch
And this affair has got to end
You overstayed your welcome here
You made an ugly mess
You brought me down to where you're at
And it's making me depressed
[Chorus]
And I don't want you here anymore
Get your shit off of my floor
Here's your hat and there's the door
[Chorus]
It's time to hit the road! [Repeat: x3]
There's no time
It's time to hit the road!
There's no time for later
It's time to hit the road!
There's no time
It's time to hit the road!
There's no time for later
You were the instigator of your destruction and descent
There's beauty in disaster but it's hard to see from here
It might take just a little more time or just a few more beer
[Chorus]
Hey Joe, it's time to hit the road, it's time to go
Let's go your moving way too slow this ain't no joke
You're slow, get your hat and grab your coat
It's time to go, lets go, it's time to hit the road!
There's no time for later
You lost your mind, you lost your head,
You told off all your friends
Now you're living on my couch
And this affair has got to end
You overstayed your welcome here
You made an ugly mess
You brought me down to where you're at
And it's making me depressed
[Chorus]
And I don't want you here anymore
Get your shit off of my floor
Here's your hat and there's the door
[Chorus]
It's time to hit the road! [Repeat: x3]
There's no time
It's time to hit the road!
There's no time for later
It's time to hit the road!
There's no time
It's time to hit the road!
There's no time for later
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