"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.
And in this song, we employ the use of numbers
And what I?ll do is have a volunteer give me a number
And I?ll take that number
And make a verse for a song out it
Now, if someone will give me
A number between 20 and 22
I?ll show you, what I mean, 21
That's very good, first time, 21
Well, 21 take away 9
12 little children standing in a line
From that take 2 that leaves you 10
Take away 8 and you got 2 again
Yeah, you got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now you got 2 again
You got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
Now see how easy that was
For the second verse
I need someone to give me a number
Between 12 and 14, I'll make a verse, 13
13, ah, 13, well, 13 multiplied by 1
You still got 13 but wasn't that fun
Now, take that same 13 multiply by 2
26 hours the train's overdue
Yeah, you got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now you got 2 again
You got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2
Happy people divided by 1
Leave nothing, nothing, none
You got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
You got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
And what I?ll do is have a volunteer give me a number
And I?ll take that number
And make a verse for a song out it
Now, if someone will give me
A number between 20 and 22
I?ll show you, what I mean, 21
That's very good, first time, 21
Well, 21 take away 9
12 little children standing in a line
From that take 2 that leaves you 10
Take away 8 and you got 2 again
Yeah, you got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now you got 2 again
You got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
Now see how easy that was
For the second verse
I need someone to give me a number
Between 12 and 14, I'll make a verse, 13
13, ah, 13, well, 13 multiplied by 1
You still got 13 but wasn't that fun
Now, take that same 13 multiply by 2
26 hours the train's overdue
Yeah, you got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now you got 2 again
You got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2
Happy people divided by 1
Leave nothing, nothing, none
You got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
You got 2 again, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
You used to love me once and now, you got 2 again
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