"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.
Hakanaku sakihokoru sakura ni tsutsumareta
Haru no hi bokura wa mada hanikande ta
Setsunai teritsukeru taiyou o kanjita
Natsu no hi bokura wa muchuu de kagayaite ta ne
Sonna kisetsu mo issho datta
* Ima soko de hikatte iru namida wa anata ga
Jibun ni make nakatta tte akashi dattari
Ima soko de hikatte iru egao wa anata no
Shiawase no akashi kira kira kira
Maichiru ochiba ni setsunasa kakuse nai
Aki no hi bokura wa sukoshi yowakatta ne
Kogoeru samusa ni yubisaki ga furueta
Fuyu no hi bokura wa kokoro atatame atta yo ne
Sonna kisetsu mo norikoete kita
Ima anata wa arukidasu sukoshi dake ushiro
Furikaette natsukashinde hohoenda ato
Ima anata wa arukidasu kibou ni michita
Mirai ga mieru kira kira kira
* (repeat)
Kira kira kira
Haru no hi bokura wa mada hanikande ta
Setsunai teritsukeru taiyou o kanjita
Natsu no hi bokura wa muchuu de kagayaite ta ne
Sonna kisetsu mo issho datta
* Ima soko de hikatte iru namida wa anata ga
Jibun ni make nakatta tte akashi dattari
Ima soko de hikatte iru egao wa anata no
Shiawase no akashi kira kira kira
Maichiru ochiba ni setsunasa kakuse nai
Aki no hi bokura wa sukoshi yowakatta ne
Kogoeru samusa ni yubisaki ga furueta
Fuyu no hi bokura wa kokoro atatame atta yo ne
Sonna kisetsu mo norikoete kita
Ima anata wa arukidasu sukoshi dake ushiro
Furikaette natsukashinde hohoenda ato
Ima anata wa arukidasu kibou ni michita
Mirai ga mieru kira kira kira
* (repeat)
Kira kira kira
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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