"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.
Don't cry, Joe, let her go, let her go, let her go
Don't cry, Joe, let her go, let her go, let her go
You got to realize this is the wind-up
You're gonna feel much better once you make your mind up
Don't cry, Joe, let her go, let her go, let her go
So you lost your gal, it's happened many times before
So you sit and mope like a dope, what's that good for
Get a hold of yourself, forget her, you lived long before you met her
There're lots of other girls, so I say
Don't cry, Joe, let her go, let her go, let her go
Don't cry, Joe, let her go, let her go
(You got to realize this is the wind-up
You'll feel much better once you made your mind up)
Don't cry, Joe, let her go, let her go, let her go
Take a look around and see just what you're missing
You'll soon forget your troubles, Joe, if you'd only listen
So don't cry, Joe, let her go (better forget 'er), let her go, Joe, let her go
(Poor Joe)
Don't cry, Joe, let her go, let her go, let her go
You got to realize this is the wind-up
You're gonna feel much better once you make your mind up
Don't cry, Joe, let her go, let her go, let her go
So you lost your gal, it's happened many times before
So you sit and mope like a dope, what's that good for
Get a hold of yourself, forget her, you lived long before you met her
There're lots of other girls, so I say
Don't cry, Joe, let her go, let her go, let her go
Don't cry, Joe, let her go, let her go
(You got to realize this is the wind-up
You'll feel much better once you made your mind up)
Don't cry, Joe, let her go, let her go, let her go
Take a look around and see just what you're missing
You'll soon forget your troubles, Joe, if you'd only listen
So don't cry, Joe, let her go (better forget 'er), let her go, Joe, let her go
(Poor Joe)
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