"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.
So you think you've calmed down
But your still the same now
You think you can hide truth
But its all inside you
Don't go to far
To hide your heart
Fake man
Give it all up
Fake what you can
It's all wrong
Your not Jesus, Your not God
I know you think I am wrong
You don't have to open up
I can see you
Well enough
Fake man
Give it all up
Fake what you can
It's all wrong
You go too far
To hide your heart
Fake man
Give it all up
Fake what you can
It's all wrong
You have nothing
I can't break
I'm sure you feel cheated
You are something
I can't take
It's all you have to give
But your still the same now
You think you can hide truth
But its all inside you
Don't go to far
To hide your heart
Fake man
Give it all up
Fake what you can
It's all wrong
Your not Jesus, Your not God
I know you think I am wrong
You don't have to open up
I can see you
Well enough
Fake man
Give it all up
Fake what you can
It's all wrong
You go too far
To hide your heart
Fake man
Give it all up
Fake what you can
It's all wrong
You have nothing
I can't break
I'm sure you feel cheated
You are something
I can't take
It's all you have to give
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Start With a Strong and Persistent Desire Lyrics as written by Keith Lambert Anthony Forbes
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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