"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.
Numa casa portuguesa fica bem
Pão e vinho sobre a mesa
E se à porta humildemente bate alguém
Senta-se à mesa com a gente
Fica bem essa franqueza fica bem
Que o povo nunca a desmente
A alegria da pobreza
Está nesta grande riqueza
De dar e ficar contente
Quatro paredes caiadas
Um cheirinho à alecrim
Um cacho de uvas doiradas
Duas rosas num jardim
Um São José de azulejo
Mais o Sol da primavera
Uma promessa de beijos
Dois braços à minha espera
É uma casa portuguesa com certeza
Lá é com certeza uma casa portuguesa
No conforto pobrezinho do meu lar
Há fartura de carinho
E a cortina da janela e o luar
Mais o sol que bate nela
Basta pouco poucochinho pra alegrar
Uma existência singela
É só amor pão e vinho
E um caldo verde verdinho
A fumegar na tigela
Quatro paredes caiadas
Um cheirinho à alecrim
Um cacho de uvas doiradas
Duas rosas num jardim
Um São José de azulejo
Mais o Sol da primavera
Uma promessa de beijos
Dois braços à minha espera
É uma casa portuguesa com certeza
É com certeza uma casa portuguesa
É uma casa portuguesa com certeza
É com certeza uma casa portuguesa
Pão e vinho sobre a mesa
E se à porta humildemente bate alguém
Senta-se à mesa com a gente
Fica bem essa franqueza fica bem
Que o povo nunca a desmente
A alegria da pobreza
Está nesta grande riqueza
De dar e ficar contente
Quatro paredes caiadas
Um cheirinho à alecrim
Um cacho de uvas doiradas
Duas rosas num jardim
Um São José de azulejo
Mais o Sol da primavera
Uma promessa de beijos
Dois braços à minha espera
É uma casa portuguesa com certeza
Lá é com certeza uma casa portuguesa
No conforto pobrezinho do meu lar
Há fartura de carinho
E a cortina da janela e o luar
Mais o sol que bate nela
Basta pouco poucochinho pra alegrar
Uma existência singela
É só amor pão e vinho
E um caldo verde verdinho
A fumegar na tigela
Quatro paredes caiadas
Um cheirinho à alecrim
Um cacho de uvas doiradas
Duas rosas num jardim
Um São José de azulejo
Mais o Sol da primavera
Uma promessa de beijos
Dois braços à minha espera
É uma casa portuguesa com certeza
É com certeza uma casa portuguesa
É uma casa portuguesa com certeza
É com certeza uma casa portuguesa
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