"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.
It's way too easy to live this life
With your eyes half-closed, don't I know
I spend half my time bored out of my mind
Sleep walking
Well I wake up to this fool's parade
And I watch the leaves fall down
I see everything changing
But somehow I feel caged in
Just hangin' around
I'm waitin' on the wonderful
Something to set me free
Out of the ordinary
Come and rescue me
Yeah, I could use a little love, love, love
To send me a sign
I'm tired of the typical
I'm waitin' on the wonderful
It's that feelin' that's so hard to explain
When the world's so big and you're so small
And you get caught up with the wonder of it all
That's what I'm missing
I saw that look today in a young kid's face
Eating ice cream in the laundromat
Well if you'd asked him it was Christmas again
I wanna get that back
I'm waitin' on the wonderful
A little something to believe
Out of the ordinary
A taste of something sweet
Yeah, I could use a little love, love, love
To send me a sign
I'm tired of the typical
I'm waitin' on the wonderful
Yeah, yeah
I'm waitin' on the wonderful
Woo-hoo-hoo
I know it's out there
I'm waitin' on the wonderful
A little something to believe
Out of the ordinary
To come and rescue me
I could use a little love, love, love
To send me a sign
I'm tired of the typical
I'm waitin' on the wonderful
Something mystical
I'm waitin' on the wonderful
Woo-hoo-hoo
I'm waitin' on the wonderful
Something to set me free
With your eyes half-closed, don't I know
I spend half my time bored out of my mind
Sleep walking
Well I wake up to this fool's parade
And I watch the leaves fall down
I see everything changing
But somehow I feel caged in
Just hangin' around
I'm waitin' on the wonderful
Something to set me free
Out of the ordinary
Come and rescue me
Yeah, I could use a little love, love, love
To send me a sign
I'm tired of the typical
I'm waitin' on the wonderful
It's that feelin' that's so hard to explain
When the world's so big and you're so small
And you get caught up with the wonder of it all
That's what I'm missing
I saw that look today in a young kid's face
Eating ice cream in the laundromat
Well if you'd asked him it was Christmas again
I wanna get that back
I'm waitin' on the wonderful
A little something to believe
Out of the ordinary
A taste of something sweet
Yeah, I could use a little love, love, love
To send me a sign
I'm tired of the typical
I'm waitin' on the wonderful
Yeah, yeah
I'm waitin' on the wonderful
Woo-hoo-hoo
I know it's out there
I'm waitin' on the wonderful
A little something to believe
Out of the ordinary
To come and rescue me
I could use a little love, love, love
To send me a sign
I'm tired of the typical
I'm waitin' on the wonderful
Something mystical
I'm waitin' on the wonderful
Woo-hoo-hoo
I'm waitin' on the wonderful
Something to set me free
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