"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.
All my life people tellin' me just who I am
They don't wanna know
They don't really understand
So many people tryin' to tell me to be practical
Only think that I am undemensional
But I can feel it
There's a fire ragin' underneath
Running through the pages
Here I am comin' clean
I'm sick of lyin' to myself gotta a little truth
And now I got to do what I gotta do
This is where I should be
There ain't no other place yeah
Will my soul release please
There ain't no other way
I can feel it singin' movin' shakin'
Gotta go where the music takes me
Let it set me free
You got to believe
Is there a crime to be just who I wanna be
I need some space so I can chase all my dreams
Cause when I hit the stage anything is possible
I get lost in the song and then it is magical
So crank it up feel the rush
Send this time we lose
I wanna feel the inspiration through my soul
And there's a walk in place when I feel alive
And I start to say
You just cant deny
This is where I should be
There ain't no other place yeah
Will my soul release please
There ain't no other way
I can feel it singin' movin' shakin'
Gotta go where the music takes me
Let it set me free
You got to believe
When everybody's gone
And I'm here all alone
I don't gotta hide
You've got to understand
That it's is who I am
And it's where I shine
And it's where I shine
I know
This is where I should be
There ain't no other place yeah
Will my soul release please
There ain't no other way
I can feel it singin' movin' shakin'
Gotta go where the music takes me
Let it set me free
You got to believe
This is where I should be
There ain't no other place yeah
Will my soul release please
There ain't no other way
I can feel it singin' movin' shakin'
Gotta go where the music takes me
Let it set me free
You got to believe
Let it set me free
Let it set me free
You've got to believe
They don't wanna know
They don't really understand
So many people tryin' to tell me to be practical
Only think that I am undemensional
But I can feel it
There's a fire ragin' underneath
Running through the pages
Here I am comin' clean
I'm sick of lyin' to myself gotta a little truth
And now I got to do what I gotta do
This is where I should be
There ain't no other place yeah
Will my soul release please
There ain't no other way
I can feel it singin' movin' shakin'
Gotta go where the music takes me
Let it set me free
You got to believe
Is there a crime to be just who I wanna be
I need some space so I can chase all my dreams
Cause when I hit the stage anything is possible
I get lost in the song and then it is magical
So crank it up feel the rush
Send this time we lose
I wanna feel the inspiration through my soul
And there's a walk in place when I feel alive
And I start to say
You just cant deny
This is where I should be
There ain't no other place yeah
Will my soul release please
There ain't no other way
I can feel it singin' movin' shakin'
Gotta go where the music takes me
Let it set me free
You got to believe
When everybody's gone
And I'm here all alone
I don't gotta hide
You've got to understand
That it's is who I am
And it's where I shine
And it's where I shine
I know
This is where I should be
There ain't no other place yeah
Will my soul release please
There ain't no other way
I can feel it singin' movin' shakin'
Gotta go where the music takes me
Let it set me free
You got to believe
This is where I should be
There ain't no other place yeah
Will my soul release please
There ain't no other way
I can feel it singin' movin' shakin'
Gotta go where the music takes me
Let it set me free
You got to believe
Let it set me free
Let it set me free
You've got to believe
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Got to Believe Lyrics as written by Jessi Leigh Alexander Mitch Allan
Lyrics © Walt Disney Music Company
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