"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.
When nature talks I'm not supposed to hear
I'm not supposed to know, don't I know
We never were close, I let the feeling go
And let it fade inside
I know why I love I know
You're leaning down, gently you say "I want to leave"
Sure you can go but then you will sleep alone,
though I'm yours
When nature walks, I see it in your legs
It's something in your style
In the sun
You turned into the wind and took all my surprise
And like a million eyes on me, on me, on me
You're gleaming now, didn't you say "I want to leave"?
Anything else get it yourself, you know what's mine is yours
When nature learns nothing's in control
And nothing stays the same in your way
It will not return until the seasons change
And when it changes fine I'll go, I'll go, I'll go
I'm not supposed to know, don't I know
We never were close, I let the feeling go
And let it fade inside
I know why I love I know
You're leaning down, gently you say "I want to leave"
Sure you can go but then you will sleep alone,
though I'm yours
When nature walks, I see it in your legs
It's something in your style
In the sun
You turned into the wind and took all my surprise
And like a million eyes on me, on me, on me
You're gleaming now, didn't you say "I want to leave"?
Anything else get it yourself, you know what's mine is yours
When nature learns nothing's in control
And nothing stays the same in your way
It will not return until the seasons change
And when it changes fine I'll go, I'll go, I'll go
Lyrics submitted by myslumberingheart
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