"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.
Well, we went out past the city limits
Trying to get a better point of view
You were staring hard at me
I was staring back at you
And you said I was being secretive
Said, yes maybe you're right
But if there is logic in any of this madness
You'll find it in my eyes
And be good, be kind, be truthful and feel free
And keep your wholly loving eyes on me
I've got a history of questions
The truth I can only feel
What matters to me the most
Is what is there and what is real
We could start by shaking each other
And talk about something else
And I know in the end we can get to the point
And we can go and get some rest
And be good, be kind, be truthful and feel free
And keep your wholly loving eyes on me
Is it not written in the music?
Is it not painted in the skies?
It's time we stopped talking about soft drinks
Started talking about our lives
There are answers in the music
And there are answers in the words
And if we stopped talking in circles
We might get closer to the earth
And be good, be kind, be truthful and feel free
And keep your wholly loving eyes on me
Trying to get a better point of view
You were staring hard at me
I was staring back at you
And you said I was being secretive
Said, yes maybe you're right
But if there is logic in any of this madness
You'll find it in my eyes
And be good, be kind, be truthful and feel free
And keep your wholly loving eyes on me
I've got a history of questions
The truth I can only feel
What matters to me the most
Is what is there and what is real
We could start by shaking each other
And talk about something else
And I know in the end we can get to the point
And we can go and get some rest
And be good, be kind, be truthful and feel free
And keep your wholly loving eyes on me
Is it not written in the music?
Is it not painted in the skies?
It's time we stopped talking about soft drinks
Started talking about our lives
There are answers in the music
And there are answers in the words
And if we stopped talking in circles
We might get closer to the earth
And be good, be kind, be truthful and feel free
And keep your wholly loving eyes on me
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Be Good Lyrics as written by Jeremiah Michael August Fehily Fiachna Seosamh O'braonain
Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing, Songtrust Ave, BARDIS MUSIC, USA ATTN: PETER BARDON, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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