"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.
You got my motor running
Slide me into gear
You don't need directions
We're not driving far from here
I'm out here waiting for someone just like you
Had to leave my lights on
Now my battery needs some juice
I want you to remember me
So rub my bumper nice and clean
If it's good for you, it sounds good to me
Don't you want to ride a....
Steamroller - I'm built for comfort not for speed
Steamroller - Oh I've got everything that I need
Steamroller - Take me for a ride
Steamroller - Sit up, sit down, sit up
Sit down on me and drive
Where the road looks bumpy
You'll always have the key
If you think I'm rusty
Just pour a little oil on me
When I start to rumble
You know I'm on my way
As long as you are driving
Oh, I'll do anything you say
Slide me into gear
You don't need directions
We're not driving far from here
I'm out here waiting for someone just like you
Had to leave my lights on
Now my battery needs some juice
I want you to remember me
So rub my bumper nice and clean
If it's good for you, it sounds good to me
Don't you want to ride a....
Steamroller - I'm built for comfort not for speed
Steamroller - Oh I've got everything that I need
Steamroller - Take me for a ride
Steamroller - Sit up, sit down, sit up
Sit down on me and drive
Where the road looks bumpy
You'll always have the key
If you think I'm rusty
Just pour a little oil on me
When I start to rumble
You know I'm on my way
As long as you are driving
Oh, I'll do anything you say
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Steamroller Lyrics as written by Ian Stevenson Crichton James Dickson Crichton
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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