"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.
I'm not going out tonight 'cause I don't want to go
I am staying at home tonight 'cause I don't want to know
You revealed a world to me and I would never be
Dwelling in its happiness, your gift of purity
Yeah-ee-oh, yeah-ee-oh, yeah-ee,oh, yeah-ee-oh
Yeah-ee-oh, yeah-ee-oh, yeah-ee,oh, yeah-ee-oh
Ahh ah ah ahh, you and me it will always be
You and me forever be
Eternally it will always be you and me
I don't pay attention to the ones who never cared
Find your own direction 'cause there's sweetness in the air
You will be the world to me and I will always be
Dwelling in this happiness, your gift of purity
Yeah-ee-oh, yeah-ee-oh, yeah-ee,oh, yeah-ee-oh
Yeah-ee-oh, yeah-ee-oh, yeah-ee,oh, yeah-ee-oh
Ahh ah ah ahh, you and me it will always be
You and me forever be
Eternally it will always be
You and me
Always be you and me
Forever be, eternally
It will always be you and me
Forever be, eternally
Taylor, Taylor
Taylor, Taylor
I am staying at home tonight 'cause I don't want to know
You revealed a world to me and I would never be
Dwelling in its happiness, your gift of purity
Yeah-ee-oh, yeah-ee-oh, yeah-ee,oh, yeah-ee-oh
Yeah-ee-oh, yeah-ee-oh, yeah-ee,oh, yeah-ee-oh
Ahh ah ah ahh, you and me it will always be
You and me forever be
Eternally it will always be you and me
I don't pay attention to the ones who never cared
Find your own direction 'cause there's sweetness in the air
You will be the world to me and I will always be
Dwelling in this happiness, your gift of purity
Yeah-ee-oh, yeah-ee-oh, yeah-ee,oh, yeah-ee-oh
Yeah-ee-oh, yeah-ee-oh, yeah-ee,oh, yeah-ee-oh
Ahh ah ah ahh, you and me it will always be
You and me forever be
Eternally it will always be
You and me
Always be you and me
Forever be, eternally
It will always be you and me
Forever be, eternally
Taylor, Taylor
Taylor, Taylor
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yeah, you are right, she wroted for her son Taylor (first of her three kids)...She wanted to tell him that she is always with him, being on tour or somewhere else she is always thinking of him