"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.
Everybody got somebody
Trying to make you feel real bad
Ain't' none of their business
Talking behind your back
Be strong in yourself
Stand up, walk away
Nobody gives a damn for a
Single thing you say
I'm singing
Stay on top, never go under
Lightning strikes
Before you hear the thunder
Stay on top, never go under
Hold on tight
Here comes the thunder
Hide money in your pocket
Be nobody's fool
Always think of number one
That's my golden rule
Take care of business
Go for it with the best
Be strong enough to take it
Ain't no need to rest
I'm singing
Stay on top, never go under
Lightning strikes
Before you hear the thunder
Stay on top, never go under
Hold on tight
Watch out for the thunder
Bad times make you cry
But the good times get you high
I can't stand it
I can't stand it no more
Somebody, everybody
Trying to make you feel real bad
Ain't' nobody's business
Talking behind your back
Be strong in yourself
Stand up, walk away
Nobody's gonna listen
To a single word you say
Stay on top, never go under
Lightning strikes
Before you hear the thunder
Stay on top, never go under
Hold on tight
Look out for the thunder
Stay on top
You've got to stay on top
Stand up and sing it
Stay on top
Take care of business
Stay on top
Trying to make you feel real bad
Ain't' none of their business
Talking behind your back
Be strong in yourself
Stand up, walk away
Nobody gives a damn for a
Single thing you say
I'm singing
Stay on top, never go under
Lightning strikes
Before you hear the thunder
Stay on top, never go under
Hold on tight
Here comes the thunder
Hide money in your pocket
Be nobody's fool
Always think of number one
That's my golden rule
Take care of business
Go for it with the best
Be strong enough to take it
Ain't no need to rest
I'm singing
Stay on top, never go under
Lightning strikes
Before you hear the thunder
Stay on top, never go under
Hold on tight
Watch out for the thunder
Bad times make you cry
But the good times get you high
I can't stand it
I can't stand it no more
Somebody, everybody
Trying to make you feel real bad
Ain't' nobody's business
Talking behind your back
Be strong in yourself
Stand up, walk away
Nobody's gonna listen
To a single word you say
Stay on top, never go under
Lightning strikes
Before you hear the thunder
Stay on top, never go under
Hold on tight
Look out for the thunder
Stay on top
You've got to stay on top
Stand up and sing it
Stay on top
Take care of business
Stay on top
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Stay on Top Lyrics as written by Simon Keith Shackleton
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network, Downtown Music Publishing
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