"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.
When trumpets were mellow
And every gal only had one fellow
No need to remember when
'Cause everything old is new again
Dancin' at your Long Island Jazz Age party
Waiter, bring us some more Bacardi
Order now what they ordered then
'Cause everything old is new again
Get out your white suit, your top hat and tails
Let's go backwards when forward fails
And movie stars you thought were long dead
Have 'em framed beside your bed
Don't throw the past away
You might need it some rainy day
Dreams can come true again
When everything old is new again
Get out your white suit, your top hat and tails
And put it in backwards when forward fails
And leave Greta Garbo alone
Be a movie star on your own
And don't throw the past away
You might need it some rainy day
Dreams can come true again
When everything old is new again
When everything old is new again
And every gal only had one fellow
No need to remember when
'Cause everything old is new again
Dancin' at your Long Island Jazz Age party
Waiter, bring us some more Bacardi
Order now what they ordered then
'Cause everything old is new again
Get out your white suit, your top hat and tails
Let's go backwards when forward fails
And movie stars you thought were long dead
Have 'em framed beside your bed
Don't throw the past away
You might need it some rainy day
Dreams can come true again
When everything old is new again
Get out your white suit, your top hat and tails
And put it in backwards when forward fails
And leave Greta Garbo alone
Be a movie star on your own
And don't throw the past away
You might need it some rainy day
Dreams can come true again
When everything old is new again
When everything old is new again
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Everything Old Is New Again Lyrics as written by Peter Woolnough Allen Carole Bayer Sager
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