"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.
Blacked out singers
And blacked out cabs
Don't lift a finger with your heavy hand
No one sees your blue coats of diamonds, second hand
Your eyes are opened wide and no
Your suits never change
And your suits never change
But you don't know why
And your friends don't try to stay awake
And your suits never change
And your photos stay the same
But you don't know why
That your friends don't try to stay awake
I can see you falling through the clouds
You land on the softest piece of ground
You tuck your shit where no one can see you drinking by yourself
You land on the softest piece of ground
And your suits never change
And your suits never change
But you don't know why
That your friends don't try to stay awake
And your suits never change
And your photos stay the same
But you don't know why
That your friends don't try to stay awake
And your suits never change
And your suits never change
But you don't know why
That your friends don't try to stay
And your suits never change
And your photos stay the same
But you don't know why
That your friends don't try to stay awake
And blacked out cabs
Don't lift a finger with your heavy hand
No one sees your blue coats of diamonds, second hand
Your eyes are opened wide and no
Your suits never change
And your suits never change
But you don't know why
And your friends don't try to stay awake
And your suits never change
And your photos stay the same
But you don't know why
That your friends don't try to stay awake
I can see you falling through the clouds
You land on the softest piece of ground
You tuck your shit where no one can see you drinking by yourself
You land on the softest piece of ground
And your suits never change
And your suits never change
But you don't know why
That your friends don't try to stay awake
And your suits never change
And your photos stay the same
But you don't know why
That your friends don't try to stay awake
And your suits never change
And your suits never change
But you don't know why
That your friends don't try to stay
And your suits never change
And your photos stay the same
But you don't know why
That your friends don't try to stay awake
Lyrics submitted by ichimichimo
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