"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 am a dragon
Deep in the mountain
Leaves, wind and rain fall,
Wherever I'm lying sleeping
I'll come out for you, dear,
And only for you
I am a dragon
Breathing with fire
Screaming,
The days gone
When we were still lovers
I was an old song,
I was a box for your blues
And I, I lost you again
And I lost my mind
And I told folks
That they shouldn't call for a while
I am a lion,
Deep in the forest,
Hiding from all of your promises spoiled,
Sleeping, I say that I'll come out,
But only for truth
I am a lion,
Burned by a dragon,
Mad at the world
And the things that it's hiding
We were the old souls,
Dirt, grass, and water turned blue
And I, I lost you again
And I lost my mind
And I told folks
That they shouldn't call for a while
Yeah, yeah,
I lost you again
And I lost my mind
And I told folks
That they shouldn't call for a while
You should write me one evening
And point out all the problems
That I've won
But I'll still wait and dream
That you are the lion and I am the dragon
You should write me one evening
And point out all the problems
That I've won
But I'll still wait and dream
That you are the lion and I am the dragon
Yeah, yeah,
I lost you again
And I lost my mind
And I told folks
That they shouldn't call for a while
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I lost you again
And I lost my mind
And I told folks
That they shouldn't call for a while
Deep in the mountain
Leaves, wind and rain fall,
Wherever I'm lying sleeping
I'll come out for you, dear,
And only for you
I am a dragon
Breathing with fire
Screaming,
The days gone
When we were still lovers
I was an old song,
I was a box for your blues
And I, I lost you again
And I lost my mind
And I told folks
That they shouldn't call for a while
I am a lion,
Deep in the forest,
Hiding from all of your promises spoiled,
Sleeping, I say that I'll come out,
But only for truth
I am a lion,
Burned by a dragon,
Mad at the world
And the things that it's hiding
We were the old souls,
Dirt, grass, and water turned blue
And I, I lost you again
And I lost my mind
And I told folks
That they shouldn't call for a while
Yeah, yeah,
I lost you again
And I lost my mind
And I told folks
That they shouldn't call for a while
You should write me one evening
And point out all the problems
That I've won
But I'll still wait and dream
That you are the lion and I am the dragon
You should write me one evening
And point out all the problems
That I've won
But I'll still wait and dream
That you are the lion and I am the dragon
Yeah, yeah,
I lost you again
And I lost my mind
And I told folks
That they shouldn't call for a while
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I lost you again
And I lost my mind
And I told folks
That they shouldn't call for a while
Lyrics submitted by SamuelTorres
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