"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.
Now listen
Oh we're steppin' out
I'm gonna turn around
Gonna turn around once and we'll do the Eagle Rock
Oh momma!
Oh you're rocking swell
Hmm yeah you do it so well
Well we do it so well when we do the Eagle Rock
Now momma
Yeah you're rockin' fine
Why don't you give me a sign?
Hmm just give me a sign and we'll do the Eagle Rock
Hey hey hey, good old Eagle Rock's here to stay
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Oh oh oh come on fast, you can come on slow
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Go momma
Yeah, you're rockin' fine
Why don't you give me a sign?
Just gotta give me a sign and we'll do the Eagle Rock
Oh baby
Well I feel so free
Hmm what you do to me
What you do to me when we do the Eagle Rock
Hey hey hey, good old Eagle Rock's here to stay
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Oh oh oh come on fast, you can come on slow
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Now listen
More we're steppin' out
Yeah, gonna turn around
Gonna turn around once and we'll do the Eagle Rock
Hey hey hey, good old Eagle Rock's here to stay
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Oh oh oh come on fast, you can come on slow
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Oh we're steppin' out
I'm gonna turn around
Gonna turn around once and we'll do the Eagle Rock
Oh momma!
Oh you're rocking swell
Hmm yeah you do it so well
Well we do it so well when we do the Eagle Rock
Now momma
Yeah you're rockin' fine
Why don't you give me a sign?
Hmm just give me a sign and we'll do the Eagle Rock
Hey hey hey, good old Eagle Rock's here to stay
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Oh oh oh come on fast, you can come on slow
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Go momma
Yeah, you're rockin' fine
Why don't you give me a sign?
Just gotta give me a sign and we'll do the Eagle Rock
Oh baby
Well I feel so free
Hmm what you do to me
What you do to me when we do the Eagle Rock
Hey hey hey, good old Eagle Rock's here to stay
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Oh oh oh come on fast, you can come on slow
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Now listen
More we're steppin' out
Yeah, gonna turn around
Gonna turn around once and we'll do the Eagle Rock
Hey hey hey, good old Eagle Rock's here to stay
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Oh oh oh come on fast, you can come on slow
I'm just crazy 'bout the way we move
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Doin' the Eagle Rock
Doin' the Eagle Rock
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well yes i do.. but since you left this comment over 1 whole year ago.. i wont bother :}