"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.
Brittney said wait, I don't understand
Could you, would you explain it again-a-an
This new idea of ours is really causin' a fuss
It's got everyone sayin' "Oh, what's the matter with us"
Oh what's the matter, what, oh what's the matter
I like, I like when we whisper soft to each other
I like, I like when we’re quiet with one another
What's the matter with them
Talkin', talkin', tellin' all their frie-eh-ends
It's good in theory, but will it work in the end
Oh, oh, no, I don't think so
Who would risk it
Oh, what's the matter with us,
Oh what's the matter, what oh what's the matter
I like, I like when we’re na-ice, nice to each other
I like, I like when we surely like one another
What's the matter with them
What's the matter with them
I like, I like when we whisper soft to each other
I like, I like when we’re quiet with one another
I like, I like when we’re na-ice, nice to each other
I like, I like when we surely like one another
Could you, would you explain it again-a-an
This new idea of ours is really causin' a fuss
It's got everyone sayin' "Oh, what's the matter with us"
Oh what's the matter, what, oh what's the matter
I like, I like when we whisper soft to each other
I like, I like when we’re quiet with one another
What's the matter with them
Talkin', talkin', tellin' all their frie-eh-ends
It's good in theory, but will it work in the end
Oh, oh, no, I don't think so
Who would risk it
Oh, what's the matter with us,
Oh what's the matter, what oh what's the matter
I like, I like when we’re na-ice, nice to each other
I like, I like when we surely like one another
What's the matter with them
What's the matter with them
I like, I like when we whisper soft to each other
I like, I like when we’re quiet with one another
I like, I like when we’re na-ice, nice to each other
I like, I like when we surely like one another
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