"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.
Black clouds on the horizon
Great thunder and burning rain
His chariot pounding
I heard the heavens scream his name
I watched as he shouted
To the giants who died that day
He held up his hammer high
And called to Odin for a sign
Thor the mighty Thor the brave
Crush the infidels in your way
By your hammer let none be saved
Live to die on that final day
Gods monsters and men
Will die together in the end
God of thunder god of rain
Earth shaker who feels no pain
The powerhead of the universe
Now send your never ending curse
I watched as he shouted
To the giants who died that day
He held up his hammer high
And called to Odin for a sign
Thor the mighty Thor the brave
Crush the infidels in your way
By your hammer let none be saved
Live to die on that final day
Gods monsters and men
Will die together in the end
Swing your hammer to crack the sky
Lift your cape so that you might fly
Back to Odin and the gods on high
And leave the mortal world
Thor the mighty Thor the brave
Crush the infidels in your way
By your hammer let none be saved
Live to die on that final day
Gods monsters and men
Will die together in the end
Odin
Great thunder and burning rain
His chariot pounding
I heard the heavens scream his name
I watched as he shouted
To the giants who died that day
He held up his hammer high
And called to Odin for a sign
Thor the mighty Thor the brave
Crush the infidels in your way
By your hammer let none be saved
Live to die on that final day
Gods monsters and men
Will die together in the end
God of thunder god of rain
Earth shaker who feels no pain
The powerhead of the universe
Now send your never ending curse
I watched as he shouted
To the giants who died that day
He held up his hammer high
And called to Odin for a sign
Thor the mighty Thor the brave
Crush the infidels in your way
By your hammer let none be saved
Live to die on that final day
Gods monsters and men
Will die together in the end
Swing your hammer to crack the sky
Lift your cape so that you might fly
Back to Odin and the gods on high
And leave the mortal world
Thor the mighty Thor the brave
Crush the infidels in your way
By your hammer let none be saved
Live to die on that final day
Gods monsters and men
Will die together in the end
Odin
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