"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.
Qin jian shang tou zhao guang cai hui de bo li chuang zhuang shi zhao
Ge de shi jiao tang
Shei shei shei dan yi duan yi duan liu lang you shang
Wo shun zhao qin sheng fang xiang kan jian qiang wei yi fu zai shi ba shi
Ji de you hua shang
Zai pang jing jing xin shang zai xiang ni de lang man zai kan shi
Fou duo jiu dou yi yang
A a fu shou a a fu shou yap so so sorry so so so
Moderato andantino portmento fortissimo
Dao zei ta tou zou xiu dao shi shuo no meng xing lai hou wo yi qie dou
Dou mei you
Wo jiu zhan zai bu la ge huang hun de guang chang zai xu yuan chi tou
Xia le xi wang
Na qun bai ge bei dui zhao xi yang na hua mian tai mei wo bu gan kan
Bu la ge de guang chang wu ren de zou lang wo yi ge ren tiao zhao wu
Xuan zhuan
Bu yuan di fang ni yuan yuan yin chang mei you wo ni zhen de bu xi guan
Tou zhao guang cai hui de bo li chuang zhuang shi zhao
Ge de shi jiao tang
Shei shei shei dan yi duan yi duan liu lang you shang
Wo shun zhao qin sheng fang xiang kan jian qiang wei yi fu zai shi ba shi
Ji de you hua shang
Zai pang jing jing xin shang zai xiang ni de lang man zai kan shi
Fou duo jiu dou yi yang
A a fu shou a a fu shou yap so so sorry so so so
Moderato andantino portmento fortissimo
Dao zei ta tou zou xiu dao shi shuo no meng xing lai hou wo yi qie dou
Dou mei you
Wo jiu zhan zai bu la ge huang hun de guang chang zai xu yuan chi tou
Xia le xi wang
Na qun bai ge bei dui zhao xi yang na hua mian tai mei wo bu gan kan
Bu la ge de guang chang wu ren de zou lang wo yi ge ren tiao zhao wu
Xuan zhuan
Bu yuan di fang ni yuan yuan yin chang mei you wo ni zhen de bu xi
Zai bu la ge huang hun de guang chang (Moderato andantino portmento fortissimo)
Zai xu yuan chi tou xia le xi wang
(Dao zei ta tou zou xiu dao shi shuo no meng xing lai hou wo yi qie
Dou dou mei you)
Na qun bai ge bei dui zhao xi yang
(Zai pang jing jing xin shang zai xiang ni de lang man zai kan shi
Fou duo jiu dou yi yang)
Na hua mian tai mei wo bu gan kan (A a fu shou a a fu shou yap so so sorry
So so so)
Bu la ge de guang chang yong ji de ju chang (Moderato andantino portmento
Fortissimo)
An jing xiao xiang yi jia ka fei guan
(Dao zei ta tou zou xiu dao shi shuo no meng xing lai hou wo yi qie
Dou dou mei you)
Wo zai jie zhang ni zai zhu nong tang
(Zai pang jing jing xin shang zai xiang ni de lang man zai kan shi
Fou duo jiu dou yi yang)
Zhe shi gu shi zui hou de da an
(A a fu shou a a fu shou yap so so sorry so so sorry)
Ge de shi jiao tang
Shei shei shei dan yi duan yi duan liu lang you shang
Wo shun zhao qin sheng fang xiang kan jian qiang wei yi fu zai shi ba shi
Ji de you hua shang
Zai pang jing jing xin shang zai xiang ni de lang man zai kan shi
Fou duo jiu dou yi yang
A a fu shou a a fu shou yap so so sorry so so so
Moderato andantino portmento fortissimo
Dao zei ta tou zou xiu dao shi shuo no meng xing lai hou wo yi qie dou
Dou mei you
Wo jiu zhan zai bu la ge huang hun de guang chang zai xu yuan chi tou
Xia le xi wang
Na qun bai ge bei dui zhao xi yang na hua mian tai mei wo bu gan kan
Bu la ge de guang chang wu ren de zou lang wo yi ge ren tiao zhao wu
Xuan zhuan
Bu yuan di fang ni yuan yuan yin chang mei you wo ni zhen de bu xi guan
Tou zhao guang cai hui de bo li chuang zhuang shi zhao
Ge de shi jiao tang
Shei shei shei dan yi duan yi duan liu lang you shang
Wo shun zhao qin sheng fang xiang kan jian qiang wei yi fu zai shi ba shi
Ji de you hua shang
Zai pang jing jing xin shang zai xiang ni de lang man zai kan shi
Fou duo jiu dou yi yang
A a fu shou a a fu shou yap so so sorry so so so
Moderato andantino portmento fortissimo
Dao zei ta tou zou xiu dao shi shuo no meng xing lai hou wo yi qie dou
Dou mei you
Wo jiu zhan zai bu la ge huang hun de guang chang zai xu yuan chi tou
Xia le xi wang
Na qun bai ge bei dui zhao xi yang na hua mian tai mei wo bu gan kan
Bu la ge de guang chang wu ren de zou lang wo yi ge ren tiao zhao wu
Xuan zhuan
Bu yuan di fang ni yuan yuan yin chang mei you wo ni zhen de bu xi
Zai bu la ge huang hun de guang chang (Moderato andantino portmento fortissimo)
Zai xu yuan chi tou xia le xi wang
(Dao zei ta tou zou xiu dao shi shuo no meng xing lai hou wo yi qie
Dou dou mei you)
Na qun bai ge bei dui zhao xi yang
(Zai pang jing jing xin shang zai xiang ni de lang man zai kan shi
Fou duo jiu dou yi yang)
Na hua mian tai mei wo bu gan kan (A a fu shou a a fu shou yap so so sorry
So so so)
Bu la ge de guang chang yong ji de ju chang (Moderato andantino portmento
Fortissimo)
An jing xiao xiang yi jia ka fei guan
(Dao zei ta tou zou xiu dao shi shuo no meng xing lai hou wo yi qie
Dou dou mei you)
Wo zai jie zhang ni zai zhu nong tang
(Zai pang jing jing xin shang zai xiang ni de lang man zai kan shi
Fou duo jiu dou yi yang)
Zhe shi gu shi zui hou de da an
(A a fu shou a a fu shou yap so so sorry so so sorry)
Lyrics submitted by Howodd27
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