"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.
There's no reply quite as wise as yours
Filled with philosophy and metaphors
And a thousand words that I never new existed
Oh tell me how you ever became so gifted
Excuse me if I like the common (??)
But you're never wrong and it's getting really old
oh the poster kids when it comes down to it
Spend a lot of time but there ain't much to it
You hate me
And I'm sick of you
Oh the poster kids got a lot to say
They'll prove you wrong in every way
You hate me
And I'm sick of you
well I'm stupid 'cause I got a few beliefs
What makes you sure I wanna hear your beefs
About why there's no god and what punk really stands for
Oh doin' this all day must make your eyes sore
Excuse me if my leader's not some twit
But you'll never know 'cause you're so sure of it
Filled with philosophy and metaphors
And a thousand words that I never new existed
Oh tell me how you ever became so gifted
Excuse me if I like the common (??)
But you're never wrong and it's getting really old
oh the poster kids when it comes down to it
Spend a lot of time but there ain't much to it
You hate me
And I'm sick of you
Oh the poster kids got a lot to say
They'll prove you wrong in every way
You hate me
And I'm sick of you
well I'm stupid 'cause I got a few beliefs
What makes you sure I wanna hear your beefs
About why there's no god and what punk really stands for
Oh doin' this all day must make your eyes sore
Excuse me if my leader's not some twit
But you'll never know 'cause you're so sure of it
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