"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.
Come on
Come on
Come on, Baby
Sit back, relax,
Take it easy baby, and let it go
Don't let it getcha
Don't you let it to you
Sit back, relax, [Come on...]
Take it easy baby, and let it go
Don't let it getcha
Don't you let it to you
Come on
Do you believe in yourself
'Cause I believe in you
I'm gonna be there by your side
And get to do what you gotta do
You wanna be your own man
Shake the world with your bare hands
Gotta have the best of it all
Be proud, and stand tall
No matter what you
No matter what you say
Things won't go your way
So when you're mad at the world
And all your feelings are hurt
Don't let it getcha
Ooh! Don't you let it to you
Sit back, relax,
Take it easy baby, and let it go
Don't let it getcha
Don't you let it get to you
Sit back, relax,
Take it easy baby, and let it go
Don't let it getcha
Don't you let it get to you
Just take it easy babe
It's all gonna be alright
Just take it easy baby
There's nothing greater than you
Because heaven said it was true
And I'm gonna pray every night
To make sure we got it right
You wanna do what you can
Work as hard and come to no end
You gotta prove to them all
You're alright
Ain't nothing wrong
No matter what you
No matter what you say
Things won't go your way
So when you're mad at the world
And all your feelings are hurt
Don't let it getcha
Don't you let it get to you
Sit back, relax,
Take it easy baby, and let it go
Don't let it getcha
Don't you let it get to you
Sit back, relax,
Take it easy baby, and let it go
Don't let it getcha
Don't you get let it to you
Just relax
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
No matter what
No matter what you say
Things won't go your way
So when you're mad at the world
And all your feelings are hurt
Don't let it getcha
Don't you let it get to you
Sit back, relax,
Take it easy baby, and let it go
Don't let it getcha
Don't you let it get to you
Sit back, relax,
Take it easy baby, and let it go
Don't let it getcha
Don't you let it get to you
Sit back, relax,
Take it easy baby, and let it go
Don't let it getcha
Don't you let it get to you
Come on
Come on, Baby
Sit back, relax,
Take it easy baby, and let it go
Don't let it getcha
Don't you let it to you
Sit back, relax, [Come on...]
Take it easy baby, and let it go
Don't let it getcha
Don't you let it to you
Come on
Do you believe in yourself
'Cause I believe in you
I'm gonna be there by your side
And get to do what you gotta do
You wanna be your own man
Shake the world with your bare hands
Gotta have the best of it all
Be proud, and stand tall
No matter what you
No matter what you say
Things won't go your way
So when you're mad at the world
And all your feelings are hurt
Don't let it getcha
Ooh! Don't you let it to you
Sit back, relax,
Take it easy baby, and let it go
Don't let it getcha
Don't you let it get to you
Sit back, relax,
Take it easy baby, and let it go
Don't let it getcha
Don't you let it get to you
Just take it easy babe
It's all gonna be alright
Just take it easy baby
There's nothing greater than you
Because heaven said it was true
And I'm gonna pray every night
To make sure we got it right
You wanna do what you can
Work as hard and come to no end
You gotta prove to them all
You're alright
Ain't nothing wrong
No matter what you
No matter what you say
Things won't go your way
So when you're mad at the world
And all your feelings are hurt
Don't let it getcha
Don't you let it get to you
Sit back, relax,
Take it easy baby, and let it go
Don't let it getcha
Don't you let it get to you
Sit back, relax,
Take it easy baby, and let it go
Don't let it getcha
Don't you get let it to you
Just relax
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
No matter what
No matter what you say
Things won't go your way
So when you're mad at the world
And all your feelings are hurt
Don't let it getcha
Don't you let it get to you
Sit back, relax,
Take it easy baby, and let it go
Don't let it getcha
Don't you let it get to you
Sit back, relax,
Take it easy baby, and let it go
Don't let it getcha
Don't you let it get to you
Sit back, relax,
Take it easy baby, and let it go
Don't let it getcha
Don't you let it get to you
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Relax Lyrics as written by Mich Hedin Hansen Jimmy Andrew Richard
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