"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.
Yoh-oh-oh (yoh-oh-oh) yoh-oh-oh (yoh-oh-oh), oh yeah-eah-eah-eah-eah (oh yeah-eah-eah-eah-eah)
I just want to tell you 'bout-a ooh pooh pah doo
Well you know it's just the most, yes ooh pooh pah do-oo
Ah tell me baby it's the most
'cause I won't stop tryin' 'til I create a disturbance in your mind
Well, well, well, well, I'm gon' create a disturbance in your mind (ooh pooh, ooh pooh pah do)
I'm gon' create a disturbance (ooh pooh, ooh pooh pah do)
Oh yeah-eah-eah, ah baby, ah baby (ooh pooh, ooh pooh pah do)
Ah baby don't you know it's in your mind (ooh pooh, ooh pooh pah do)
It goes yoh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Hear me, hear me, hear me, hear me, hear me, hear me
There's a little blue bell that's a ringin' in your ear (ooh pooh, ooh pooh pah do)
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding (ooh pooh, ooh pooh pah do)
Well there's a little blue bell (ooh pooh, ooh pooh pah do)
Baby don't you know it's' in your ear (ooh pooh, ooh poh pah do)
It goes ding-ding-ding, ding-ding-ding-ding ding-ding-ding-ding
Well, well, well, ooh pooh pah do (ooh pooh pah do), ah-well-ah, ooh pooh pah do (ooh pooh pah do)
Ah-yes-ah, ooh pooh pah do-oo (ooh pooh pah do), ah-well-ah, ooh pooh pah do (ooh pooh pah do)
Ah-well-ah, ooh pooh pah do (ahh-ahh), well-ah, ooh pooh pah do, just a one more time
Well, ooh pooh pah do (ooh pooh pah do), ah-ah, ooh pooh pah do (ooh pooh pah do)
Ah-yeah ooh pooh pah do (ooh pooh pah do), ah-well-ah, ooh pooh pah do (ooh pooh pah do)
Just sing this song now, join me , yo-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, sing the song now, sing that song
Ooh pooh pah do (ooh pooh pah do), well, ooh pooh pah do (ooh pooh pah do)
Well, ooh pooh pah do (ooh pooh pah do), ah-well-ah, ooh pooh pah do (ooh poo
I just want to tell you 'bout-a ooh pooh pah doo
Well you know it's just the most, yes ooh pooh pah do-oo
Ah tell me baby it's the most
'cause I won't stop tryin' 'til I create a disturbance in your mind
Well, well, well, well, I'm gon' create a disturbance in your mind (ooh pooh, ooh pooh pah do)
I'm gon' create a disturbance (ooh pooh, ooh pooh pah do)
Oh yeah-eah-eah, ah baby, ah baby (ooh pooh, ooh pooh pah do)
Ah baby don't you know it's in your mind (ooh pooh, ooh pooh pah do)
It goes yoh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Hear me, hear me, hear me, hear me, hear me, hear me
There's a little blue bell that's a ringin' in your ear (ooh pooh, ooh pooh pah do)
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding (ooh pooh, ooh pooh pah do)
Well there's a little blue bell (ooh pooh, ooh pooh pah do)
Baby don't you know it's' in your ear (ooh pooh, ooh poh pah do)
It goes ding-ding-ding, ding-ding-ding-ding ding-ding-ding-ding
Well, well, well, ooh pooh pah do (ooh pooh pah do), ah-well-ah, ooh pooh pah do (ooh pooh pah do)
Ah-yes-ah, ooh pooh pah do-oo (ooh pooh pah do), ah-well-ah, ooh pooh pah do (ooh pooh pah do)
Ah-well-ah, ooh pooh pah do (ahh-ahh), well-ah, ooh pooh pah do, just a one more time
Well, ooh pooh pah do (ooh pooh pah do), ah-ah, ooh pooh pah do (ooh pooh pah do)
Ah-yeah ooh pooh pah do (ooh pooh pah do), ah-well-ah, ooh pooh pah do (ooh pooh pah do)
Just sing this song now, join me , yo-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, sing the song now, sing that song
Ooh pooh pah do (ooh pooh pah do), well, ooh pooh pah do (ooh pooh pah do)
Well, ooh pooh pah do (ooh pooh pah do), ah-well-ah, ooh pooh pah do (ooh poo
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