"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.
The circles we move seem so small
Don't be fooled, they slowly grow
Stronger we get, more will be seen
Your weel-to-do ain't so supreme
The cover judged ain't the book in me
Such clever bastards -- life so twee
The real me is what you see
Fuck your conformity
Pride, passion and honesty
About the things so close to me
Close to me, close to me
Have a seat, let us talk
About our lives, separately walked
Try and try to ram your view
Materialistic works for you
Value of spirit works for me
Now's the time to stand and leave
The real me is what you see
Fuck your conformity
Pride, passion and honesty
About the things so close to me
Close to me, close to me
I am not more than less to you
I sense your fear when I am near (you)
Hold yourself for what you ain't
Let me in, see the change
Missed opportunity far and few
I take the chance to say FUCK YOU!
FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU!
FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU!
The real me is what you see
Fuck your conformity
Pride, passion and honesty
About the things so close to me
Close to me, close to me
The real me is what you see
Fuck your conformity
Pride, passion and honesty
About the things so close to me
Close to me, close to me
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Real Me Lyrics as written by Rosanne Cash
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