"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.
Into cordouroys or jeans, chinos or capris
Sweater vest, no sleeves, Oxford underneath or whatever you think
Whatever is going make you want me
Come on and dress me
I’ll be your mannequin
Make me attractive, so sexy and thin
I will stand still, pose me in any position
And when people pass by the window, I’ll be adored by them
I want to be one of the boys from the catalogues that you flip through
You’ll point and say, "He’s the one"
(Lick your finger, turn the page, slick gloss over images)
And you waste no time deciding
You grab the credit card, call, start ordering
But what’s new for fall by spring means nothing
I want to undress you in your walk-in closet
After you try on one of your new outfits
I know that six months later you won’t be caught dead in it
But for that moment you’re there with your shape hanging everywhere
And it looks perfect, just perfect
I don't think she likes me, not with this new haircut
I don't think she likes me, I shouldn't eat so much
Sweater vest, no sleeves, Oxford underneath or whatever you think
Whatever is going make you want me
Come on and dress me
I’ll be your mannequin
Make me attractive, so sexy and thin
I will stand still, pose me in any position
And when people pass by the window, I’ll be adored by them
I want to be one of the boys from the catalogues that you flip through
You’ll point and say, "He’s the one"
(Lick your finger, turn the page, slick gloss over images)
And you waste no time deciding
You grab the credit card, call, start ordering
But what’s new for fall by spring means nothing
I want to undress you in your walk-in closet
After you try on one of your new outfits
I know that six months later you won’t be caught dead in it
But for that moment you’re there with your shape hanging everywhere
And it looks perfect, just perfect
I don't think she likes me, not with this new haircut
I don't think she likes me, I shouldn't eat so much
Lyrics submitted by ang, edited by lovetwaits
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