"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 know you've got that thing
That makes the girls all swing
You know exactly what you do
You like the hit and run
You say it's all for fun
You think that I'm the one for you
Boy if you wanna go I would not mind
But I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
Boy if you wanna go I would not mind
But I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
One time, one time, one time
Boy I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
One time, one time, one time
Boy I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
I know I've got that sway
That makes the boys all stay
I know the way that men can be
I like it smooth and slow
Give it some time to grow
That's something you should know about me
Boy if you wanna go I would not mind
But I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
Boy if you wanna go I would not mind
But I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
One time, one time, one time
Boy I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
One time, one time, one time
Boy I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
One more time
Play play the drum
One more time
Play play the drum
One more time
Play play play the drum
One more time
Boy if you wanna go I would not mind
But I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
Boy if you wanna go I would not mind
But I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
One time, one time, one time
Boy I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
One time, one time, one time
Boy I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
One one, one one, one one, one time
One one, one time, one one one, one time
One one, one one, one one, one time
One one, one one, one one, one time
One one, one one, one one, one time
One time, one time
Boy I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
That makes the girls all swing
You know exactly what you do
You like the hit and run
You say it's all for fun
You think that I'm the one for you
Boy if you wanna go I would not mind
But I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
Boy if you wanna go I would not mind
But I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
One time, one time, one time
Boy I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
One time, one time, one time
Boy I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
I know I've got that sway
That makes the boys all stay
I know the way that men can be
I like it smooth and slow
Give it some time to grow
That's something you should know about me
Boy if you wanna go I would not mind
But I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
Boy if you wanna go I would not mind
But I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
One time, one time, one time
Boy I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
One time, one time, one time
Boy I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
One more time
Play play the drum
One more time
Play play the drum
One more time
Play play play the drum
One more time
Boy if you wanna go I would not mind
But I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
Boy if you wanna go I would not mind
But I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
One time, one time, one time
Boy I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
One time, one time, one time
Boy I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
One one, one one, one one, one time
One one, one time, one one one, one time
One one, one one, one one, one time
One one, one one, one one, one time
One one, one one, one one, one time
One time, one time
Boy I'm not the kind of drum you play one time
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