"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.
Hago que lo imposible sea posible
Que todo lo increíble se vuelva visible
Que todos tus sueños sean irrompibles
Que tu imaginación vuele como un dirigible
Que los presidentes sean inteligentes
Hago que a los viejitos le crezcan los dientes
Hago que la gorda se sienta flaca
La rubia morocha,la petisa bien alta
Que no haya enfermedad que no tenga cura
Que la policía te trate con dulzura
Que lo que dice el loco se vuelva cordura
Que el ascensor solo baje la escalera solo suba
Mientras yo pongo calientes las pistas
Tengo más estilo que una rave pastillas
Este flow te rompe como un gordo a las sillas
Ustedes son la arena y les clavé la sombrilla
Este es el ritmo que estabas esperando
Nosotros te lo damos y ahora estás bailando
Tres, dos, hola, ula aplaudan en la luna
Ula ula, hagamos ula ula
Ula ula ula ula al revés
Ula ula, hagamos ula ula
Ula ula ula ula al revés
Ula ula, hagamos ula ula
Ula ula, hagamos ula ula
Ula ula, hagamos ula ula
Ula ula ula ula al revés
Hago que los ladrones te devuelvan la plata
Que no haya gente viviendo en casas de chapa
Que todos tengan su propio castillo
Que en vez de llover café lluevan ladrillos
Hago que los caballos sean unicornios
Hago que en el dentista ya no exista el torno
Hago que tu boca no tenga censusa
Hago que tu abuela mueva esa cintura
Hago que lo imposible sea posible
Si diste el primer paso esto es irreversible
Hago que me encuentres irresistible
Si no te diste cuenta es porque soy invisible
Que el mundo sea cuadrado como un dado
Girando por la mesa del casino del espacio
Hago real lo que escribió Julio Verne
Hago que te mees encima al verme
Este es el ritmo que estabas esperando
Nosotros te lo damos y ahora estás bailando
Tres, dos, hola, ula aplaudan en la luna
Ula ula, hagamos ula ula
Ula ula ula ula al revés
Ula ula, hagamos ula ula
Ula ula ula ula al revés
Ula ula, hagamos ula ula
Ula ula, hagamos ula ula
Ula ula, hagamos ula ula
Ula ula ula ula al revés
Este es el ritmo que estabas esperando
Nosotros te lo damos y ahora estás bailando
Tres, dos, hola, ula, ula, hola, ula, ula aplaudan en la luna
Que todo lo increíble se vuelva visible
Que todos tus sueños sean irrompibles
Que tu imaginación vuele como un dirigible
Que los presidentes sean inteligentes
Hago que a los viejitos le crezcan los dientes
Hago que la gorda se sienta flaca
La rubia morocha,la petisa bien alta
Que no haya enfermedad que no tenga cura
Que la policía te trate con dulzura
Que lo que dice el loco se vuelva cordura
Que el ascensor solo baje la escalera solo suba
Mientras yo pongo calientes las pistas
Tengo más estilo que una rave pastillas
Este flow te rompe como un gordo a las sillas
Ustedes son la arena y les clavé la sombrilla
Este es el ritmo que estabas esperando
Nosotros te lo damos y ahora estás bailando
Tres, dos, hola, ula aplaudan en la luna
Ula ula, hagamos ula ula
Ula ula ula ula al revés
Ula ula, hagamos ula ula
Ula ula ula ula al revés
Ula ula, hagamos ula ula
Ula ula, hagamos ula ula
Ula ula, hagamos ula ula
Ula ula ula ula al revés
Hago que los ladrones te devuelvan la plata
Que no haya gente viviendo en casas de chapa
Que todos tengan su propio castillo
Que en vez de llover café lluevan ladrillos
Hago que los caballos sean unicornios
Hago que en el dentista ya no exista el torno
Hago que tu boca no tenga censusa
Hago que tu abuela mueva esa cintura
Hago que lo imposible sea posible
Si diste el primer paso esto es irreversible
Hago que me encuentres irresistible
Si no te diste cuenta es porque soy invisible
Que el mundo sea cuadrado como un dado
Girando por la mesa del casino del espacio
Hago real lo que escribió Julio Verne
Hago que te mees encima al verme
Este es el ritmo que estabas esperando
Nosotros te lo damos y ahora estás bailando
Tres, dos, hola, ula aplaudan en la luna
Ula ula, hagamos ula ula
Ula ula ula ula al revés
Ula ula, hagamos ula ula
Ula ula ula ula al revés
Ula ula, hagamos ula ula
Ula ula, hagamos ula ula
Ula ula, hagamos ula ula
Ula ula ula ula al revés
Este es el ritmo que estabas esperando
Nosotros te lo damos y ahora estás bailando
Tres, dos, hola, ula, ula, hola, ula, ula aplaudan en la luna
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