"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.
While I did the limit in your daughter's car
She confessed it all to me
You don't know the weight of all the words you say
I don't know why, but she holds each one close to heart
You're wasting your time
You won't change a thing
She's rolling her eyes
But you swear all the same
That girl will find her way
While I'm the one who watches empty bottles hit the ground
You're the one who brings her down
We were breaking habits until you stepped in
And one by one, one by one, you have fixed them all
You're wasting your time
You won't change a thing
She's rolling her eyes
But you swear all the same
That girl will find her way
That girl will find her way
Will find her way and see the reason why you say those things
And read between the lines
Well, I know in the instant when I see her smile
We'll find a brighter day
That girl will find her way
One, two, three, four
I was doing ninety in your daughter's car
She was faking fast asleep
You don't know the weight of all the words you say
But I've had time to think
She confessed it all to me
You don't know the weight of all the words you say
I don't know why, but she holds each one close to heart
You're wasting your time
You won't change a thing
She's rolling her eyes
But you swear all the same
That girl will find her way
While I'm the one who watches empty bottles hit the ground
You're the one who brings her down
We were breaking habits until you stepped in
And one by one, one by one, you have fixed them all
You're wasting your time
You won't change a thing
She's rolling her eyes
But you swear all the same
That girl will find her way
That girl will find her way
Will find her way and see the reason why you say those things
And read between the lines
Well, I know in the instant when I see her smile
We'll find a brighter day
That girl will find her way
One, two, three, four
I was doing ninety in your daughter's car
She was faking fast asleep
You don't know the weight of all the words you say
But I've had time to think
Lyrics submitted by eltroyo11
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