"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.
You should not get what you have not earned
What I do from here is none of your concern
It didn't work, yeah I know it hurts
But it's gotta give before it gets much worse
Ooh, gotta give up on you, ooh
Ooh, gotta give up on you, on you
We've got a lot of history
But there's too much space between you and me
You have plans, yeah I have dreams
But do I have the guts in me
To leave, leave, pack my shit and leave
Leave, leave
The irony gets the best of me
I'm sad that we split, but you're still happy
What I gave to you was more than memories
What you took from me wasn't worth anything
Ooh, gotta give up on you, ooh
Ooh, gotta give up on you, on you
We've got a lot of history
But there's too much space between you and me
You have plans, yeah I have dreams
But do I have the guts in me
To leave, leave, pack my shit and leave
Leave, leave, oh
You never cared enough, you never earned my trust
You just took what you could get
You never lift me up, I never feel your love
I know exactly what this is
I'm tired of the weight when you lean on me
If I fell you would never stay to carry me
'Cause we've got a lot of history
But there's too much space between you and me
You have plans, yeah I have dreams
But do I have the guts in me
To leave, leave, pack my shit and leave
Leave, leave
What I do from here is none of your concern
It didn't work, yeah I know it hurts
But it's gotta give before it gets much worse
Ooh, gotta give up on you, ooh
Ooh, gotta give up on you, on you
We've got a lot of history
But there's too much space between you and me
You have plans, yeah I have dreams
But do I have the guts in me
To leave, leave, pack my shit and leave
Leave, leave
The irony gets the best of me
I'm sad that we split, but you're still happy
What I gave to you was more than memories
What you took from me wasn't worth anything
Ooh, gotta give up on you, ooh
Ooh, gotta give up on you, on you
We've got a lot of history
But there's too much space between you and me
You have plans, yeah I have dreams
But do I have the guts in me
To leave, leave, pack my shit and leave
Leave, leave, oh
You never cared enough, you never earned my trust
You just took what you could get
You never lift me up, I never feel your love
I know exactly what this is
I'm tired of the weight when you lean on me
If I fell you would never stay to carry me
'Cause we've got a lot of history
But there's too much space between you and me
You have plans, yeah I have dreams
But do I have the guts in me
To leave, leave, pack my shit and leave
Leave, leave
Lyrics submitted by storyofusall
History Lyrics as written by Kevin Jordan Anthony William Del Grosso
Lyrics © MOTHERSHIP MUSIC PUBLISHING
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