"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.
As I turn around,
You go, you go
Belief there's a sound
Bueno, bueno
Well it was a thousand years ago
Judy, I thought I saw your ghost
Quit messin' around
Cause you were the one I was after
As I was pacing around in my head
Now, we're running circles around every stranger
But who are they?
Castle shaking my bones, my bones
How you came to invade my home
Made a final honest toast
We're all such ungracious hosts
What could happen now?
Cause you were the one I was after
As I was pacing around in my head
Now, we're running circles around every stranger
But who are they?
Throw salt to the beat of the rain
Listen to the rhythm and not to the pain
I've got hot fingers and a lot on my mind
Where the night vision and the models collide
It's a 5-4 figure eight all of the way
And it gets bigger with every day
As far-fetched as a kiss to a bear
You thought you were crazy, I am
Cause you were the one I was after
As I was pacing around in my head
Now, we're running circles around every stranger
I'll never run with your circle again
We're running circles around...
We're running circles around...
We're running circles around...
We're running circles around every stranger
We're running circles around...
We're running circles around...
We're running circles around...
Every stranger...
Every stranger...
You go, you go
Belief there's a sound
Bueno, bueno
Well it was a thousand years ago
Judy, I thought I saw your ghost
Quit messin' around
Cause you were the one I was after
As I was pacing around in my head
Now, we're running circles around every stranger
But who are they?
Castle shaking my bones, my bones
How you came to invade my home
Made a final honest toast
We're all such ungracious hosts
What could happen now?
Cause you were the one I was after
As I was pacing around in my head
Now, we're running circles around every stranger
But who are they?
Throw salt to the beat of the rain
Listen to the rhythm and not to the pain
I've got hot fingers and a lot on my mind
Where the night vision and the models collide
It's a 5-4 figure eight all of the way
And it gets bigger with every day
As far-fetched as a kiss to a bear
You thought you were crazy, I am
Cause you were the one I was after
As I was pacing around in my head
Now, we're running circles around every stranger
I'll never run with your circle again
We're running circles around...
We're running circles around...
We're running circles around...
We're running circles around every stranger
We're running circles around...
We're running circles around...
We're running circles around...
Every stranger...
Every stranger...
Lyrics submitted by ScrewedDaPooch
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