"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.
You'll never be
A better kind
If you don't
Leave the world behind
Waste my days,
Drown aways
It's just the thought of you
In love with someone else
It breaks my heart to see you hangin' from your shelf
You'll never do
The things you want
If you don't move
And get a job
Waste my days
Drown aways
It's just the thought of you
In love with someone else
It breaks my heart
To see you hangin' from a shelf
Oh girl
When I'm in love
With you
Keep fishin'
If you feel it's true
There's nothing much that we can do
To save you from yourself
Waste my days
Drown aways
It's just the thought of you
In love with someone else
It breaks my heart
To see you hangin' from a shelf
Oh girl
When I'm in love with you
Keep Fishin'
If you feel it's true
There's nothing much that we can do to
Save you from Yourself
You'll never be
A better king
You'll never be
A better Kind
whoa ohh...
whoa ohh...
(Waste my days...
Waste my days...)
A better kind
If you don't
Leave the world behind
Waste my days,
Drown aways
It's just the thought of you
In love with someone else
It breaks my heart to see you hangin' from your shelf
You'll never do
The things you want
If you don't move
And get a job
Waste my days
Drown aways
It's just the thought of you
In love with someone else
It breaks my heart
To see you hangin' from a shelf
Oh girl
When I'm in love
With you
Keep fishin'
If you feel it's true
There's nothing much that we can do
To save you from yourself
Waste my days
Drown aways
It's just the thought of you
In love with someone else
It breaks my heart
To see you hangin' from a shelf
Oh girl
When I'm in love with you
Keep Fishin'
If you feel it's true
There's nothing much that we can do to
Save you from Yourself
You'll never be
A better king
You'll never be
A better Kind
whoa ohh...
whoa ohh...
(Waste my days...
Waste my days...)
Lyrics submitted by backupdork
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