"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.
Tell me why things ain't like
They used to be before
I don't know why you hurt me
But I still come back for more
Baby I don't know how much more
My heart can take
And I don't know how much longer
I can stay
They say you don't know what you've got
Sometimes until it's gone
(I said) baby don't wait that long
Oh don't take our love for granted
'Cause you might wind up with
[Chorus]
No one at all, no one at all
Baby you know how romance
Is you don't get no second chances
And you might wind up with no one at all
Baby you better look both ways
Before you cross my heart
I'm tellin' you it's your little games
That are tearin' us apart
Baby you never find the words
I need to hear you say
And I don't know how much longer
I can stay
So don't take our love for granted
'Cause you might wind up with
[Chorus]
Oh yeah
They say you don't know what you've got
Sometimes until it's gone
(I said) baby don't wait that long
Oh don't take our love for granted
'Cause you might wind up with
Oh yeah
[Chorus]
They used to be before
I don't know why you hurt me
But I still come back for more
Baby I don't know how much more
My heart can take
And I don't know how much longer
I can stay
They say you don't know what you've got
Sometimes until it's gone
(I said) baby don't wait that long
Oh don't take our love for granted
'Cause you might wind up with
[Chorus]
No one at all, no one at all
Baby you know how romance
Is you don't get no second chances
And you might wind up with no one at all
Baby you better look both ways
Before you cross my heart
I'm tellin' you it's your little games
That are tearin' us apart
Baby you never find the words
I need to hear you say
And I don't know how much longer
I can stay
So don't take our love for granted
'Cause you might wind up with
[Chorus]
Oh yeah
They say you don't know what you've got
Sometimes until it's gone
(I said) baby don't wait that long
Oh don't take our love for granted
'Cause you might wind up with
Oh yeah
[Chorus]
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