"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.
I can't be happy without you
You can't be happy without me
Still you always want to pick a fight now
You say it's written in the stars
Some psychic read it in my cards
Still you always want to pick a fight with me
You say that I'm the only one
The one you're looking for
Try and keep a straight face when you laugh
You talk to me like I'm a saint
But all your friends just say
We have been so over for some time
And I know that you had the best intentions for me
I know that what you're saying is goodbye
I can't be happy without you
You can't be happy without me
Still you always want to pick a fight now
You say it's written in the stars
Some psychic read it in my cards
Still you always want to pick a fight with me
You say you changed your mind again
You don't know how you feel
Give me some more time is what you say
You want to use me like a toy
That you get bored with
Now you want to store me far away
And I know that you had the best intentions for me
I know that what you're saying is goodbye...goodbye
I can't be happy without you
You can't be happy without me
Still you always want to pick a fight now
You say it's written in the stars
Some psychic read it in my cards
Still you always want to pick a fight with me
I can't be happy without you
I can't be happy without me
Still you always want to pick a fight with me
I can't be happy without you
I can't be happy without me
Still you always want to pick a fight with me
You always say what you don't mean
You always say the things that hurt me
Why do you pick a fight with me?
You always say what you don't mean
You always say the things that hurt me
Why do you pick a fight
Why do you pick a fight
You always pick a fight with me
You can't be happy without me
Still you always want to pick a fight now
You say it's written in the stars
Some psychic read it in my cards
Still you always want to pick a fight with me
You say that I'm the only one
The one you're looking for
Try and keep a straight face when you laugh
You talk to me like I'm a saint
But all your friends just say
We have been so over for some time
And I know that you had the best intentions for me
I know that what you're saying is goodbye
I can't be happy without you
You can't be happy without me
Still you always want to pick a fight now
You say it's written in the stars
Some psychic read it in my cards
Still you always want to pick a fight with me
You say you changed your mind again
You don't know how you feel
Give me some more time is what you say
You want to use me like a toy
That you get bored with
Now you want to store me far away
And I know that you had the best intentions for me
I know that what you're saying is goodbye...goodbye
I can't be happy without you
You can't be happy without me
Still you always want to pick a fight now
You say it's written in the stars
Some psychic read it in my cards
Still you always want to pick a fight with me
I can't be happy without you
I can't be happy without me
Still you always want to pick a fight with me
I can't be happy without you
I can't be happy without me
Still you always want to pick a fight with me
You always say what you don't mean
You always say the things that hurt me
Why do you pick a fight with me?
You always say what you don't mean
You always say the things that hurt me
Why do you pick a fight
Why do you pick a fight
You always pick a fight with me
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Pick a Fight Lyrics as written by John William Feldmann
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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We don't mind Goldfinger bitching about relationship problems; why would we mind you? I feel bad, though. Whenever I hear this, I'm too distracted by the awesome, awesome music to think about the lyrics.