"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 got a mirror, a bottle and a pen
The mirror is cracked
The bottle is empty
And my pen don't know where to begin
I've got a picture, a letter, and a song
The picture is torn
The letter is worn
And my tune has been sung before
Another show is over
And the lights have gone down
There's no flowers at my door
No, no callers come around, baby
But I'm glad to be alive and in the land of the living
Oh, I can't believe that I survived
And I'm in the land of the living
Can't believe that I survived
I saw the city, the lights and the music
The city is hard
The lights they have lied
The music just seems to have died
And I had my hope
I had my faith
Oh, my pride, yeah
And to hope I cling
To faith I am blind
And my pride I have left far behind
Another show is over
And the lights have gone down
There's no flowers at my door
Ain't no callers come around babe
But I'm glad to be alive and in the land of the living, babe
I can't believe that I survived
Still in the land of the living, baby
Can't believe that I'm alive
Still in the land of the living, baby
Can't believe that I survived
Oh no, I'm still in the land of the living
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
You see another night is over
And the curtain's come down
I see no flowers at my door
Oh, no one's comin' 'round, yeah
But I'm glad to be alive
Still in the land of the living
Bet you can't believe I survived
Still alive in the land of the living
Oh babe, I'm still alive
In the land of the living
I bet you, bet you can't believe
The mirror is cracked
The bottle is empty
And my pen don't know where to begin
I've got a picture, a letter, and a song
The picture is torn
The letter is worn
And my tune has been sung before
Another show is over
And the lights have gone down
There's no flowers at my door
No, no callers come around, baby
But I'm glad to be alive and in the land of the living
Oh, I can't believe that I survived
And I'm in the land of the living
Can't believe that I survived
I saw the city, the lights and the music
The city is hard
The lights they have lied
The music just seems to have died
And I had my hope
I had my faith
Oh, my pride, yeah
And to hope I cling
To faith I am blind
And my pride I have left far behind
Another show is over
And the lights have gone down
There's no flowers at my door
Ain't no callers come around babe
But I'm glad to be alive and in the land of the living, babe
I can't believe that I survived
Still in the land of the living, baby
Can't believe that I'm alive
Still in the land of the living, baby
Can't believe that I survived
Oh no, I'm still in the land of the living
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
You see another night is over
And the curtain's come down
I see no flowers at my door
Oh, no one's comin' 'round, yeah
But I'm glad to be alive
Still in the land of the living
Bet you can't believe I survived
Still alive in the land of the living
Oh babe, I'm still alive
In the land of the living
I bet you, bet you can't believe
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Land of the Living Lyrics as written by Rob Dougan Rollo Armstrong
Lyrics © Kanjian Music, BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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