"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.
First I'm here and then I'm there
Then I'm here and then I'm there
From there I'll go anywhere
And there's always somewhere
That I'll be going
And I just might go there without you knowing
Any place from China to Brazil
I said any place from North Carolina to Israel
But most of the people that I know
Are the kind that I like to tell when I go
I'm lucky to have so many good friends
But because it is so often that I am going
And because I tell most of the people I'm going
I say goodbye too often
I say goodbye too often
Old news: airport security
New news: too much airport security
And I say goodbye too often
Old news: Unpack the suitcase
New news: It's on the plane
And I say goodbye too often
Old news: This place looks nice
New news: It's time to leave again
And I say goodbye too often
Old news: I like the food here
New news: I had good food there once
And I say goodbye too often
Old news: Goodbyes are hard
New news: Goodbyes are still rough
And I say goodbye too often
Old news: I'll miss you when I'm gone
New news: I miss you cause I'm gone
And I say goodbye too often
Old news: Time heals all wounds
New news: Time heals all tunes
Time heals all tunes
And I say goodbye too often
I say goodbye too often
Hello, hello
I say goodbye too often
Hello, hello, hello
I say goodbye too often
Hello, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hello
I say goodbye too often
Hello, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hello
Then I'm here and then I'm there
From there I'll go anywhere
And there's always somewhere
That I'll be going
And I just might go there without you knowing
Any place from China to Brazil
I said any place from North Carolina to Israel
But most of the people that I know
Are the kind that I like to tell when I go
I'm lucky to have so many good friends
But because it is so often that I am going
And because I tell most of the people I'm going
I say goodbye too often
I say goodbye too often
Old news: airport security
New news: too much airport security
And I say goodbye too often
Old news: Unpack the suitcase
New news: It's on the plane
And I say goodbye too often
Old news: This place looks nice
New news: It's time to leave again
And I say goodbye too often
Old news: I like the food here
New news: I had good food there once
And I say goodbye too often
Old news: Goodbyes are hard
New news: Goodbyes are still rough
And I say goodbye too often
Old news: I'll miss you when I'm gone
New news: I miss you cause I'm gone
And I say goodbye too often
Old news: Time heals all wounds
New news: Time heals all tunes
Time heals all tunes
And I say goodbye too often
I say goodbye too often
Hello, hello
I say goodbye too often
Hello, hello, hello
I say goodbye too often
Hello, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hello
I say goodbye too often
Hello, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hello
Hello, hello, hello
Lyrics submitted by tikilights, edited by lisasonoda
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