"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.
This is how to be
This is how to be
This is how to be a human
They like to drink
They like to smoke
They like to eat
And when they eat it's 'til they choke
They like to fight
They like to steal
They like to lie and cheat
And then pretend it's real
They'll turn it up and get it real loud
They like to dive right off the stage into the crowd
They want it all, then want some more
And when it's gone, it's gone and then they'll start a war
This is how to be
This is how to be
This is how to be a human
This is how to be
This is how to be
This is how to be a human
Those city lights light up the fight
They shine on all the evil things you do tonight
Don't be ashamed, it's just their way
It's how the live and not the kind of place you stay
They'll turn it up and get it real loud
They like to dive right off the stage into the crowd
They want it all, then want some more
It's a fact they say they're rotten to the core
This is how to be
This is how to be
This is how to be a human
This is how to be
This is how to be
This is how to be a human
Let's go
This is how to be
This is how to be
This is how to be a human
This is how to be
This is how to be
This is how to be a human
They live on planet
Planet Earth
They live on planet Earth
They live on planet
Planet Earth
They live on planet Earth
They'll turn it up and get it real loud
They like to dive right off the stage into the crowd
They want it all, then want some more
And when it's gone, it's gone and then they'll start a war
This is how to be
This is how to be
This is how to be a human
This is how to be
This is how to be
This is how to be a human
Like monkeys in a tree crawling from the sea
This is how to be a human
They live on planet
Planet Earth
They live on planet Earth
They live on planet
Planet Earth
They live on planet Earth
This is how to be
This is how to be a human
They like to drink
They like to smoke
They like to eat
And when they eat it's 'til they choke
They like to fight
They like to steal
They like to lie and cheat
And then pretend it's real
They'll turn it up and get it real loud
They like to dive right off the stage into the crowd
They want it all, then want some more
And when it's gone, it's gone and then they'll start a war
This is how to be
This is how to be
This is how to be a human
This is how to be
This is how to be
This is how to be a human
Those city lights light up the fight
They shine on all the evil things you do tonight
Don't be ashamed, it's just their way
It's how the live and not the kind of place you stay
They'll turn it up and get it real loud
They like to dive right off the stage into the crowd
They want it all, then want some more
It's a fact they say they're rotten to the core
This is how to be
This is how to be
This is how to be a human
This is how to be
This is how to be
This is how to be a human
Let's go
This is how to be
This is how to be
This is how to be a human
This is how to be
This is how to be
This is how to be a human
They live on planet
Planet Earth
They live on planet Earth
They live on planet
Planet Earth
They live on planet Earth
They'll turn it up and get it real loud
They like to dive right off the stage into the crowd
They want it all, then want some more
And when it's gone, it's gone and then they'll start a war
This is how to be
This is how to be
This is how to be a human
This is how to be
This is how to be
This is how to be a human
Like monkeys in a tree crawling from the sea
This is how to be a human
They live on planet
Planet Earth
They live on planet Earth
They live on planet
Planet Earth
They live on planet Earth
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