"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.
The song of a little bird
The joy in three little words
I know it's real
That's how it feels
To be loved by you
The stars from a midnight sky
The melody from a lullaby
There's nothing real
That I wouldn't steal
To be loved by you
[Chorus]
To be loved by you
If everybody knows
It's only 'cause it shows
A smile to put you on a high
A kiss that sets your soul alight
Would it be all right if I spent tonight
Being loved by you
[Chorus]
Your love is released
And you move me with ease
And you rescue me time after time
Oh oh you give your all
And you take it all in your stride
Oh with all the power of a symphony
That's how my heart beats when you're holding me
I can't conceal, this is how it feels
To be loved by you
Oh yeah, to be loved by you
If everybody knows, it's only 'cause it shows
Because I take your love, Everywhere I go
I know what it is I need, it's clear as a shallow stream
It's as it seems, my only dreams
To be loved by you
The joy in three little words
I know it's real
That's how it feels
To be loved by you
The stars from a midnight sky
The melody from a lullaby
There's nothing real
That I wouldn't steal
To be loved by you
[Chorus]
To be loved by you
If everybody knows
It's only 'cause it shows
A smile to put you on a high
A kiss that sets your soul alight
Would it be all right if I spent tonight
Being loved by you
[Chorus]
Your love is released
And you move me with ease
And you rescue me time after time
Oh oh you give your all
And you take it all in your stride
Oh with all the power of a symphony
That's how my heart beats when you're holding me
I can't conceal, this is how it feels
To be loved by you
Oh yeah, to be loved by you
If everybody knows, it's only 'cause it shows
Because I take your love, Everywhere I go
I know what it is I need, it's clear as a shallow stream
It's as it seems, my only dreams
To be loved by you
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