"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.
[Verse 1:]
For a minute it was looking like
I'd end up one of those guys,
Spendin my whole life
Looking for a special lady who'd save me
Maybe I'll never be satisfied
Had a couple ? and a couple dimes.
(Now I'm looking for you,) why are you so hard to find
[Hook:]
I thought I took one step, I took two back
I'm not even close this time and that's a fact
All I know is that we'd be the perfect match
So where you at love?
I just gotta find you here.
[Chorus:]
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
Why you gotta be anonymous?
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
Why you gotta be anonymous?
Baby I want you so much
Wanna hold wanna feel your touch
Go fast girl I'm in a rush
Why you gotta be anonymous?
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
Why you gotta be anonymous?
[Bridge:]
What's your name? (Anonymous)
Where you at? (Anonymous)
Think about you I getta a rush
I wanna meet my miss Anonymous.
[Verse 2:]
Then I see you when I close my eyes we all on both times with the delay to sunlight.
Everything I tried to tell you I fell to maybe I'll tell you another time.
How you keeping me so free I get tied.
Gotta strung all on me and aim me, oh nevermind.
[Hook]
I thought I took one step, I took two back
I'm not even close this time and that's a fact
All I know is that we'd be the perfect match
So where you at love?
I just gotta find you here.
[Chorus:]
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
Why you gotta be anonymous?
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
Why you gotta be anonymous?
Baby I want you so much
Wanna hold wanna feel your touch
Go fast girl I'm in a rush
Why you gotta be anonymous?
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
Why you gotta be anonymous?
[Bridge:]
What's your name? (Anonymous)
Where you at? (Anonymous)
Think about you I getta a rush
I wanna meet my miss Anonymous. [x2]
[Verse 3:]
Is your name Mary Anne
Or Cathy Lee
Wanna hold my hand? come get with me
Which dime wanna ride
Everything on me
Girl you ain't gotta lie
Tell me what its gone be
I gotta know... (I gotta know)
I gotta know... (I gotta know)
I gotta know... (I gotta know)
I gotta know... (I gotta know)
I gotta know... (I gotta know)
I gotta know... (I gotta know)
I gotta know... (I gotta know)
[Chorus:]
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
Why you gotta be anonymous?
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
Why you gotta be anonymous?
Baby I want you so much
Wanna hold wanna feel your touch
Go fast girl I'm in a rush
Why you gotta be anonymous?
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
Why you gotta be anonymous?
[Bridge:]
What's your name? (Anonymous)
Where you at? (Anonymous)
Think about you I getta a rush
I wanna meet my miss Anonymous. [x2]
For a minute it was looking like
I'd end up one of those guys,
Spendin my whole life
Looking for a special lady who'd save me
Maybe I'll never be satisfied
Had a couple ? and a couple dimes.
(Now I'm looking for you,) why are you so hard to find
[Hook:]
I thought I took one step, I took two back
I'm not even close this time and that's a fact
All I know is that we'd be the perfect match
So where you at love?
I just gotta find you here.
[Chorus:]
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
Why you gotta be anonymous?
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
Why you gotta be anonymous?
Baby I want you so much
Wanna hold wanna feel your touch
Go fast girl I'm in a rush
Why you gotta be anonymous?
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
Why you gotta be anonymous?
[Bridge:]
What's your name? (Anonymous)
Where you at? (Anonymous)
Think about you I getta a rush
I wanna meet my miss Anonymous.
[Verse 2:]
Then I see you when I close my eyes we all on both times with the delay to sunlight.
Everything I tried to tell you I fell to maybe I'll tell you another time.
How you keeping me so free I get tied.
Gotta strung all on me and aim me, oh nevermind.
[Hook]
I thought I took one step, I took two back
I'm not even close this time and that's a fact
All I know is that we'd be the perfect match
So where you at love?
I just gotta find you here.
[Chorus:]
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
Why you gotta be anonymous?
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
Why you gotta be anonymous?
Baby I want you so much
Wanna hold wanna feel your touch
Go fast girl I'm in a rush
Why you gotta be anonymous?
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
Why you gotta be anonymous?
[Bridge:]
What's your name? (Anonymous)
Where you at? (Anonymous)
Think about you I getta a rush
I wanna meet my miss Anonymous. [x2]
[Verse 3:]
Is your name Mary Anne
Or Cathy Lee
Wanna hold my hand? come get with me
Which dime wanna ride
Everything on me
Girl you ain't gotta lie
Tell me what its gone be
I gotta know... (I gotta know)
I gotta know... (I gotta know)
I gotta know... (I gotta know)
I gotta know... (I gotta know)
I gotta know... (I gotta know)
I gotta know... (I gotta know)
I gotta know... (I gotta know)
[Chorus:]
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
Why you gotta be anonymous?
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
Why you gotta be anonymous?
Baby I want you so much
Wanna hold wanna feel your touch
Go fast girl I'm in a rush
Why you gotta be anonymous?
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
I gotta know, I gotta know your name (your name)
Why you gotta be anonymous?
[Bridge:]
What's your name? (Anonymous)
Where you at? (Anonymous)
Think about you I getta a rush
I wanna meet my miss Anonymous. [x2]
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