"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.
Don't look away
I don't think I could stand it
So don't look away
'cause my heart couldn't handle it
There's a fire in your eyes
And it's melting the ice
In my heart
So don't blink an eye
They're so beautiful open
Just let them cry
Or the spell will be broken
The moments in your gaze
Have been turning to days
In my heart
We've never met
And yet
We're in love
Never forget
One look is enough
Just as long as you
Don't look away
We can never be lovers
There's one chance to take
There won't be any others
I'll be spending my life
With your eyes like a knife
In my heart
I don't think I could stand it
So don't look away
'cause my heart couldn't handle it
There's a fire in your eyes
And it's melting the ice
In my heart
So don't blink an eye
They're so beautiful open
Just let them cry
Or the spell will be broken
The moments in your gaze
Have been turning to days
In my heart
We've never met
And yet
We're in love
Never forget
One look is enough
Just as long as you
Don't look away
We can never be lovers
There's one chance to take
There won't be any others
I'll be spending my life
With your eyes like a knife
In my heart
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