"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.
I can't go along with it
You can say just what you like
But you still did it
You backtrack and change your act
At a hundred likes a minute
But fool as I am I won't go along with it
Am I confused, am I a crazy person
You say it's old news
She doesn't mean nothing
But don't you understand that I am heartbroken
No matter what you do
You just can't make it untrue
You're breathing lies
I want to believe in
When I'm watching you walk out the door
I could fall through the floor
But I can't go along with it
You can say just what you like
But you still did it
You backtrack and change your act
At a hundred lies a minute
But fool as I am I won't go along with it
Too much to lose and it's still raining
I know it's not a game
So I'll stop playing
But oh my heart's on fire
And it keeps burning
And I don't mean to cry
It's just the smoke gets in my eyes
You're breathing lies
I want to believe in
When I'm watching you walk out the door
I could fall through the floor
But I can't go along with it
You can say just what you like
But you still did it
You backtrack and change your act
At a hundred lies a minute
But fool as I am I won't go along with it
Let the battle drum start
I wanna turn back the clock
I wanna find the missing pieces
Of the whole love I lost
You say it like you mean it
And I wand to believe it
Because I can't stop this feeling
But I can't go along with it
You can say just what you like
But you still did it
You backtrack and change your act
At a hundred lies a minute
But fool as I am I won't go along with it
You can say just what you like
But you still did it
You backtrack and change your act
At a hundred likes a minute
But fool as I am I won't go along with it
Am I confused, am I a crazy person
You say it's old news
She doesn't mean nothing
But don't you understand that I am heartbroken
No matter what you do
You just can't make it untrue
You're breathing lies
I want to believe in
When I'm watching you walk out the door
I could fall through the floor
But I can't go along with it
You can say just what you like
But you still did it
You backtrack and change your act
At a hundred lies a minute
But fool as I am I won't go along with it
Too much to lose and it's still raining
I know it's not a game
So I'll stop playing
But oh my heart's on fire
And it keeps burning
And I don't mean to cry
It's just the smoke gets in my eyes
You're breathing lies
I want to believe in
When I'm watching you walk out the door
I could fall through the floor
But I can't go along with it
You can say just what you like
But you still did it
You backtrack and change your act
At a hundred lies a minute
But fool as I am I won't go along with it
Let the battle drum start
I wanna turn back the clock
I wanna find the missing pieces
Of the whole love I lost
You say it like you mean it
And I wand to believe it
Because I can't stop this feeling
But I can't go along with it
You can say just what you like
But you still did it
You backtrack and change your act
At a hundred lies a minute
But fool as I am I won't go along with it
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