"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.
Last night, she said
"Oh, baby, I feel so down
Oh, it turns me off
When I feel left out"
So I, I turned 'round
Oh, baby, don't care no more
I know this for sure
I'm walking out that door
Well, I've been in town for just about fifteen-oh minutes now
Oh, baby, I feel so down
And I don't know why
I keep walking for miles
And say, people, they don't understand
No, girlfriends, they can't understand
Your grandsons, they won't understand
On top of this, I ain't ever gonna understand
Last night, she said
"Oh, baby, don't feel so down
Oh, it turns me off
When I feel left out"
So I, I turned round
Oh, baby, gonna be alright
It was a great big lie
'Cause I left that night, yeah
Oh, people, they don't understand
No, girlfriends, they don't understand
In spaceships, they won't understand
And me, I ain't ever gonna understand
Last night, she said
"Oh, baby, I feel so down
See, it turns me off
When I feel left out"
So I, I turned 'round
Oh, little girl, I don't care no more
I know this for sure
I'm walking out that door
Yeah
"Oh, baby, I feel so down
Oh, it turns me off
When I feel left out"
So I, I turned 'round
Oh, baby, don't care no more
I know this for sure
I'm walking out that door
Well, I've been in town for just about fifteen-oh minutes now
Oh, baby, I feel so down
And I don't know why
I keep walking for miles
And say, people, they don't understand
No, girlfriends, they can't understand
Your grandsons, they won't understand
On top of this, I ain't ever gonna understand
Last night, she said
"Oh, baby, don't feel so down
Oh, it turns me off
When I feel left out"
So I, I turned round
Oh, baby, gonna be alright
It was a great big lie
'Cause I left that night, yeah
Oh, people, they don't understand
No, girlfriends, they don't understand
In spaceships, they won't understand
And me, I ain't ever gonna understand
Last night, she said
"Oh, baby, I feel so down
See, it turns me off
When I feel left out"
So I, I turned 'round
Oh, little girl, I don't care no more
I know this for sure
I'm walking out that door
Yeah
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so it's about a guy with a girlfriend who doesn't stop moaning, he loses patience and in the end just leaves her cos she doesn't shut up. sad? no way. funny? hell yes.
Last night she said "Oh baby don't feel so down" Way to turn me off When I feel left out So I, I turned round, "Oh baby gonna be alright" It was a great big lie 'Cause I left that night
So she's all "Oh baby I feel so down" and keeps offloading on him, telling him how she feels and stuff which wouldn't be a bad thing apart from she's always feeling bad things and OK, it is part of being in a relationship that you have to be there for your partner, listen to them and understand them and offer advice... but offloading is never a good thing and i mean it is always annoying when people don't shut up about their problems - and that's what she's doing, and he gets pissed off and leaves. the lyrics are not meant to be taken seriously, they are amusing, and the light-hearted feel of the song illustrates this. it's amusing cos it's so hilariously bloke-ish - nobody can put up with constant whining! so perhaps there is the sad juxtaposed storyline of how he feels sad and confused and nobody understands because nobody listens, least of all his girlfriend who keeps moaning about her own problems, and that is why he leaves her, but i think it is more likely that this bit:
Oh people they don't understand No girlfriends they can't understand On top of this I aint never gonna understand In spaceships they won't understand And me I ain't ever gonna understand
is him imitating the girlfriend saying that she thinks nobody understands her problems apart from him, probably in some soppy way, and he's thinking "well i don't understand either so shut up"... ok so maybe there is a deeper meaning to this but i don't think there is. not all songs have to be sad and about internal torment and sorrow and confusion. the song is light-hearted, ironic and amusing and i love it... it is perfect... PERFECT... i mean, no joke, this is my favourite song of all time ever ever ever... even better live... it's just so reminiscent of the happiest times in my life.