"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.
Larry's in vegas
with some chick from LA
the best things are sevens
and the sex is just ok
so please stay
she said, just stay
cause there's a show at 11 and the drinks are all free
you can do better for yourself, but not me...
...so please stay, and keep me company.
All the while thinking this is the good luck,
stays with her most of the time
takes time to make these machines work,
people are so unkind
Gets kinda nervous
where she used to be hard.
She takes the edges off evenings in bedrooms and back seats in big cars.
All the while thinking this is the good luck
stays with her most of the time
it takes time to make these machines work
people are so unkind.
People are so unkind
She looks in the mirror
to make sure she's here
she keeps disappearing and dreaming of
movie stars, weddings and nothing is happening
He tries not to notice
She thinks he doesn't care.
Capture yourself in a jar and you stay there,
until you vanish in thin air
all the while thinking this is the good luck
stays with her most of the time
it takes time to make these machines work
but he aint got time while
she's riding in black cars
and pokes at the sky to see if he can make stars and
people are so unkind
people are so unkind
People are so unkind
People are so unkind
people are so unkind
People are so
UN...KIND.
with some chick from LA
the best things are sevens
and the sex is just ok
so please stay
she said, just stay
cause there's a show at 11 and the drinks are all free
you can do better for yourself, but not me...
...so please stay, and keep me company.
All the while thinking this is the good luck,
stays with her most of the time
takes time to make these machines work,
people are so unkind
Gets kinda nervous
where she used to be hard.
She takes the edges off evenings in bedrooms and back seats in big cars.
All the while thinking this is the good luck
stays with her most of the time
it takes time to make these machines work
people are so unkind.
People are so unkind
She looks in the mirror
to make sure she's here
she keeps disappearing and dreaming of
movie stars, weddings and nothing is happening
He tries not to notice
She thinks he doesn't care.
Capture yourself in a jar and you stay there,
until you vanish in thin air
all the while thinking this is the good luck
stays with her most of the time
it takes time to make these machines work
but he aint got time while
she's riding in black cars
and pokes at the sky to see if he can make stars and
people are so unkind
people are so unkind
People are so unkind
People are so unkind
people are so unkind
People are so
UN...KIND.
Lyrics submitted by ang
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"Pokes at the sky to see if he can make stars..."
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