"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.
just have faith
sweat drips
sweat sticks
sweet smells
of Gin
static
Heaven knows
nobody
Heaven knows
nobody
A once proud noble man
fades down the roadside
a bottle of whiskey clutched in his hand
out of sight out of mind
we will survive
Wild Ones crucified
Brought Christianity to your land
Jerusalem
we don't understand
Jerusalem
Afterwards tricked you into trading
your lives for beads
Wild Ones will survive
we will survive
We brought greed and ignorance to your land
Jerusalem
We don't understand
Don't understand
Afterwards tricked you into trading for beads
wild ones will survive we shall survive
ignorance to your land
Jerusalem
don't understand
Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Afterwards
afterwards we discovered
faith
it's all you need
Faith
it's all your need
work it up
give me some
work it up
give me some give me some
faith
sweat drips
sweat sticks
sweet smells
of Gin
static
Heaven knows
nobody
Heaven knows
nobody
A once proud noble man
fades down the roadside
a bottle of whiskey clutched in his hand
out of sight out of mind
we will survive
Wild Ones crucified
Brought Christianity to your land
Jerusalem
we don't understand
Jerusalem
Afterwards tricked you into trading
your lives for beads
Wild Ones will survive
we will survive
We brought greed and ignorance to your land
Jerusalem
We don't understand
Don't understand
Afterwards tricked you into trading for beads
wild ones will survive we shall survive
ignorance to your land
Jerusalem
don't understand
Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Afterwards
afterwards we discovered
faith
it's all you need
Faith
it's all your need
work it up
give me some
work it up
give me some give me some
faith
Lyrics submitted by Psychonomaly
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