"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.
Whatever you need for him to do
He will do it if you give him the chance
And I am telling he's already proud
That he can do anything,
So give him the chance
Now there's been so many times
I called on him
Regardless of the circumstance
He was there
So now I devoted my life to serving him
It's me for him `cause all the time he
Was there for me
It doesn't matter what the need
No there's no limit, I'll give you anything
All I want is you to trust me
Through my love I'll set you free
[Chorus]
He said I'll go wherever
You want me to go
He said I'll do whatever you want me to do
Now it is a must I testify and
Let everybody know
I live because of you and they can have the same life
That I choose
And when they ask me now
I'll say it's because of you
[Chorus]
Whatever you want from me
What else can I do to make you see
To prove to you I'm everything
That you'll ever need
What else do I have to say
To show you more clearly
That I am, that I am
The beginning and the end
Yes I'm you, everything
You don't know God is the truth, he is
And everything that he said he'll do
He did new whips, new cribs
A few hits, I'm blessed with ice
Blessed with life on top of all that
Yo I'm blessed with Christ
So his heart must be
As big as Texas right
I ain't thinking of the change or
Thinking of the blames
Think of the range,
I ain't even thinking the same
When I think of his name yo
I'm thinking of praise
Wit Fats and Darkchild so close in wit
Mary Mary ah yeah
You know then
But we talking about Christ
Get to know him come on?-
[Chorus]
He will do it if you give him the chance
And I am telling he's already proud
That he can do anything,
So give him the chance
Now there's been so many times
I called on him
Regardless of the circumstance
He was there
So now I devoted my life to serving him
It's me for him `cause all the time he
Was there for me
It doesn't matter what the need
No there's no limit, I'll give you anything
All I want is you to trust me
Through my love I'll set you free
[Chorus]
He said I'll go wherever
You want me to go
He said I'll do whatever you want me to do
Now it is a must I testify and
Let everybody know
I live because of you and they can have the same life
That I choose
And when they ask me now
I'll say it's because of you
[Chorus]
Whatever you want from me
What else can I do to make you see
To prove to you I'm everything
That you'll ever need
What else do I have to say
To show you more clearly
That I am, that I am
The beginning and the end
Yes I'm you, everything
You don't know God is the truth, he is
And everything that he said he'll do
He did new whips, new cribs
A few hits, I'm blessed with ice
Blessed with life on top of all that
Yo I'm blessed with Christ
So his heart must be
As big as Texas right
I ain't thinking of the change or
Thinking of the blames
Think of the range,
I ain't even thinking the same
When I think of his name yo
I'm thinking of praise
Wit Fats and Darkchild so close in wit
Mary Mary ah yeah
You know then
But we talking about Christ
Get to know him come on?-
[Chorus]
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