"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.
I wanna try that pill that people take
Make you believe all the things that people say
Sick of shuckin' 'round with a screwed up face
With my heels dug in, trying to leave a trace
Now come on, put me down somehow
How you lose your faith
Just take my hand and lead me where you wanna
Pay no more mind to what you think you've seen
It's as they do only, say, what they say
'Cause, there's only one way, they say, vision
It takes you back to just where you want
Like when you ain't know no way
Pay no more mind to what you think you've seen
It's as they do only, say, what they say
'Cause, there's only one way, they say, vision
It takes you back to just where you want
Like when you ain't know no way
Industry's down, think I've died and I've flown away, yeah
So, so, long to them thieves
Who came and took all the things to say
I play the joker sometimes
But then those moments slide back my way
'Cause, for real, I'd give my soul away, give it all away
So, take my hand and lead me where you wanna
Pay no more mind to what you think you've seen
It's as they do only, say, what they say
'Cause, there's only one way, they say, vision
It takes you back to just where you want
Like when you ain't know no way
Pay no more mind to what you think you've seen
It's as they do only, say, what they say
'Cause, there's only one way, they say, vision
It takes you back to just where you want
Like when you ain't know no way
I know where they all go find someplace
Where they don't mind loafing about the waste
They say, vision takes you back to where no conscience
Free from how you really see
And if you think that you know, take the back road
I wanna try that pill that people take
I wanna try that pill that people take
I wanna try that pill that people take
Make you believe all the things that people say
Sick of shuckin' 'round with a screwed up face
With my heels dug in, trying to leave a trace
Now come on, put me down somehow
How you lose your faith
Pay no more mind to what you think you've seen
It's as they do only, say, what they say
'Cause, there's only one way, they say, vision
It takes you back to just where you want
Like when you ain't know no way
Pay no more mind to what you think you've seen
It's as they do only, say, what they say
'Cause, there's only one way, they say, vision
It takes you back to just where you want
Like when you ain't know no way
Pay no more mind to what you think you've seen
It's as they do only, say, what they say
'Cause, there's only one way
Make you believe all the things that people say
Sick of shuckin' 'round with a screwed up face
With my heels dug in, trying to leave a trace
Now come on, put me down somehow
How you lose your faith
Just take my hand and lead me where you wanna
Pay no more mind to what you think you've seen
It's as they do only, say, what they say
'Cause, there's only one way, they say, vision
It takes you back to just where you want
Like when you ain't know no way
Pay no more mind to what you think you've seen
It's as they do only, say, what they say
'Cause, there's only one way, they say, vision
It takes you back to just where you want
Like when you ain't know no way
Industry's down, think I've died and I've flown away, yeah
So, so, long to them thieves
Who came and took all the things to say
I play the joker sometimes
But then those moments slide back my way
'Cause, for real, I'd give my soul away, give it all away
So, take my hand and lead me where you wanna
Pay no more mind to what you think you've seen
It's as they do only, say, what they say
'Cause, there's only one way, they say, vision
It takes you back to just where you want
Like when you ain't know no way
Pay no more mind to what you think you've seen
It's as they do only, say, what they say
'Cause, there's only one way, they say, vision
It takes you back to just where you want
Like when you ain't know no way
I know where they all go find someplace
Where they don't mind loafing about the waste
They say, vision takes you back to where no conscience
Free from how you really see
And if you think that you know, take the back road
I wanna try that pill that people take
I wanna try that pill that people take
I wanna try that pill that people take
Make you believe all the things that people say
Sick of shuckin' 'round with a screwed up face
With my heels dug in, trying to leave a trace
Now come on, put me down somehow
How you lose your faith
Pay no more mind to what you think you've seen
It's as they do only, say, what they say
'Cause, there's only one way, they say, vision
It takes you back to just where you want
Like when you ain't know no way
Pay no more mind to what you think you've seen
It's as they do only, say, what they say
'Cause, there's only one way, they say, vision
It takes you back to just where you want
Like when you ain't know no way
Pay no more mind to what you think you've seen
It's as they do only, say, what they say
'Cause, there's only one way
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They Say Vision Lyrics as written by Santi White Martin Mckinney
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Anthem Entertainment
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