"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.
Nobody wrote these words that I'm sayin'
It was all a matter of fact
Life isn't always like a movie
You can't walk out and get your money back
I'm not sure I believe the Jew and me
We're brought together by a twist of faith
I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you anyway
I can't picture a fairytale in 'cause you weren't what I had in mind
But every day with you is something that I choose
Baby that's why it's right
I'm not gonna try an original line
'Cause the song has been used up
'Cause nobody liked us
'Cause nobody liked to two of us
[Chorus]
SO If you're gonna fall for anything
If you're gonna fall for anything
I'm here in flesh and blood
Something you can see
Something you can feel
You're gonna fall
Fall for something real
You cannot upon all the moments
Come into conclusions as you want
While you're lookin' for perfection
You forget about all the good things you got
Oh, I can't prove there's no one better for you
I can promise you all the same
I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you anyway
[Chorus]
You will find, you may never know
What really works and what's for sure
Not everything it's in its place
Make room for your beautiful mistakes
[Chorus]
It was all a matter of fact
Life isn't always like a movie
You can't walk out and get your money back
I'm not sure I believe the Jew and me
We're brought together by a twist of faith
I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you anyway
I can't picture a fairytale in 'cause you weren't what I had in mind
But every day with you is something that I choose
Baby that's why it's right
I'm not gonna try an original line
'Cause the song has been used up
'Cause nobody liked us
'Cause nobody liked to two of us
[Chorus]
SO If you're gonna fall for anything
If you're gonna fall for anything
I'm here in flesh and blood
Something you can see
Something you can feel
You're gonna fall
Fall for something real
You cannot upon all the moments
Come into conclusions as you want
While you're lookin' for perfection
You forget about all the good things you got
Oh, I can't prove there's no one better for you
I can promise you all the same
I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you anyway
[Chorus]
You will find, you may never know
What really works and what's for sure
Not everything it's in its place
Make room for your beautiful mistakes
[Chorus]
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