"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.
Every time I turn on the TV it's always the same old tease
See everything you ever dreamed that you could want
But nothing that you need
And every gorgeous girl in Hollywood could soon be mine
I got the money and from time to time I have the time
Get the image right
Party through the night
But as it's getting light
I'm still waiting for a soul kiss
Do I have to say please
And it's always just a near miss
Always just a big tease
Is it always gonna be like this
When you're lookin' for a soul kiss
And all the record stores
Are filled with pretty boys and their material girls
And even students vote for actors
Then they tell you it's a safer world
And all the hippies work for IBM or take control
Of faster ways to sell you food that isn't really whole
I like to wine and dine
You sure are lookin' fine
And we could kill some time
But I'm looking for a soul kiss
I've even said please
But it's always just a near miss
Always just a big tease
Is it always gonna be like this
When you're lookin' for a soul kiss
See everything you ever dreamed that you could want
But nothing that you need
And every gorgeous girl in Hollywood could soon be mine
I got the money and from time to time I have the time
Get the image right
Party through the night
But as it's getting light
I'm still waiting for a soul kiss
Do I have to say please
And it's always just a near miss
Always just a big tease
Is it always gonna be like this
When you're lookin' for a soul kiss
And all the record stores
Are filled with pretty boys and their material girls
And even students vote for actors
Then they tell you it's a safer world
And all the hippies work for IBM or take control
Of faster ways to sell you food that isn't really whole
I like to wine and dine
You sure are lookin' fine
And we could kill some time
But I'm looking for a soul kiss
I've even said please
But it's always just a near miss
Always just a big tease
Is it always gonna be like this
When you're lookin' for a soul kiss
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