"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.
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Waking up, I smell the scent of coffee on the brew
And I think about the amount of the sweet
I'd like to have in my cup today
One for the two lump, three lump, four
No half of one, no less no more
Just give me a chance, let me make it mine
I'd like a medium blend of that piece of pie
Not too bitter, not too sweet, medium
Just enough to start my beat, medium
Not too bitter, not too sweet, medium
Just enough to start my beat, medium
Dinner time just rolls around
And I think I crave a steak but
I'm not too partial to the meat
When it's cooked too long and I'm made to wait
Not too much of the parsley
And just enough of the spice
I think I'd enjoy a medium-rare dish with a side of fries
Not too tender, not too tough, medium
Not too little, just enough, medium
Not too tender, not too tough, medium
Not too little, just enough, medium
To the medium
To the medium
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Come Thursday morning I smell the pits
But hell, it ain't that bad
I could've sworn I bathed last week
And scrubbed like a good lad
I like to stink just a little bit
Just to keep you on your toes, yes
The more I stink the more I think
That you smell like a rose
Not too pleasant, not too bad, medium
Just enough to hurt my dad, medium
Not too pleasant, not too bad, medium
Just enough to hurt my dad, medium
Medium, medium
Medium, medium
Medium, medium
Medium, medium
Medium, medium
Medium, medium
Medium, medium
Medium, medium
Medium, medium
Medium, medium
Waking up, I smell the scent of coffee on the brew
And I think about the amount of the sweet
I'd like to have in my cup today
One for the two lump, three lump, four
No half of one, no less no more
Just give me a chance, let me make it mine
I'd like a medium blend of that piece of pie
Not too bitter, not too sweet, medium
Just enough to start my beat, medium
Not too bitter, not too sweet, medium
Just enough to start my beat, medium
Dinner time just rolls around
And I think I crave a steak but
I'm not too partial to the meat
When it's cooked too long and I'm made to wait
Not too much of the parsley
And just enough of the spice
I think I'd enjoy a medium-rare dish with a side of fries
Not too tender, not too tough, medium
Not too little, just enough, medium
Not too tender, not too tough, medium
Not too little, just enough, medium
To the medium
To the medium
Medium, medium
Medium, medium
Come Thursday morning I smell the pits
But hell, it ain't that bad
I could've sworn I bathed last week
And scrubbed like a good lad
I like to stink just a little bit
Just to keep you on your toes, yes
The more I stink the more I think
That you smell like a rose
Not too pleasant, not too bad, medium
Just enough to hurt my dad, medium
Not too pleasant, not too bad, medium
Just enough to hurt my dad, medium
Medium, medium
Medium, medium
Medium, medium
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I just wanted to clear up what some of the lyrics are, at least what I think they are.
the part where the first "???" is it goes "Not too bitter not too sweet, just enough to start my beat."
at the "smell the pits" part I'm not sure what the first part is but the rest goes "......and I smell the pits, but hey it aint that bad. I could've sworn I bathed last week and scrubbed like a good lad. I like to stink just a little bit to keep you on your toes, yes. The more I stink the more I think that you smell like a rose" and then its like "Not too pleasant, not too bad, just enought to hug my dad" I think. anyways, I was just kinda bored so I decided to write this. The song is awesome on of my favorites, of their older stuff at least.