"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 throw myself out of bed
Throw myself in the chair
And dress my two naked feet
Some clothes
Some bottles, some books
A letter with it written
Words that say:
My darling dear
Come back to bed
My darling dear, there's a sweet bitter taste
Running through my head
The very next day
I'm half undressed
You find me lying
On an empty bed
Pistol in hand
Objects here and there
You wake me with a jump
And an evil stare
My darling dear
Come back to bed
Come back to bed
My darling dear
And you
You want to get me out of here
You want to take me from my obscure world
Back into your head, back into your bed
What will be wrong then?
When we are all dead?
You said to show you my tongue
But the chemist is closed
And the world is my song
La la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la
My darling dear
Come back to bed
Come back to bed
My darling dear
My darling dear
Come back to bed
And so it's here
That I find my pistol
Diffuse it of its bullets
And push it to my head
'Cause I got no reason
And I got no mind
'Cause I got no reason
And I got no mind
Can't stop the blood
Pouring from my head
Can't stop the blood
Pouring from my head
My darling dear
Come back to bed
Come back to bed
Come back to bed
My darling dear
My darling dear
My darling dear
My darling-
Throw myself in the chair
And dress my two naked feet
Some clothes
Some bottles, some books
A letter with it written
Words that say:
My darling dear
Come back to bed
My darling dear, there's a sweet bitter taste
Running through my head
The very next day
I'm half undressed
You find me lying
On an empty bed
Pistol in hand
Objects here and there
You wake me with a jump
And an evil stare
My darling dear
Come back to bed
Come back to bed
My darling dear
And you
You want to get me out of here
You want to take me from my obscure world
Back into your head, back into your bed
What will be wrong then?
When we are all dead?
You said to show you my tongue
But the chemist is closed
And the world is my song
La la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la
My darling dear
Come back to bed
Come back to bed
My darling dear
My darling dear
Come back to bed
And so it's here
That I find my pistol
Diffuse it of its bullets
And push it to my head
'Cause I got no reason
And I got no mind
'Cause I got no reason
And I got no mind
Can't stop the blood
Pouring from my head
Can't stop the blood
Pouring from my head
My darling dear
Come back to bed
Come back to bed
Come back to bed
My darling dear
My darling dear
My darling dear
My darling-
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