"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.
Get me through the heart of the freeway
Got to see the lights up in New York City
I'm so close I think I can hear the sound of the taxi siren symphony
Don't you want to feel amazing?
Baby you know I do
You get back ten times what you give freely
Like my mamma told me
Love can move you take you deeper every time
Can make the darkest moments seem like heaven's come alive
Love can move you to a place inside your heart
Where you can fear no evil and acceptance is a natural part of life.
Get me to the heart of the subway
Creepin' like a snake into New York City
I'm so close I think I can see those lights
Let the sun get closer to the ground
Don't you want to feel amazing?
Baby you know I do
You get back ten times what you give freely
Like my mamma told me
Love can move you take you deeper every time
Can make the darkest moments seem like heaven's come alive
Love can move you to a place inside your heart
Where you can fear no evil and acceptance is a natural part of life.
And I breathe the love you've given
And I feel the love you've hidden
And though it's cold down here well I can honestly say
I can still stay
That love can move you
That love can move you to a child
Love can move you take you deeper every time
Can make the darkest moments seem like heaven's come alive
Love can move you to a place inside your heart
Where you can fear no evil and acceptance is a natural part of life.
Got to see the lights up in New York City
I'm so close I think I can hear the sound of the taxi siren symphony
Don't you want to feel amazing?
Baby you know I do
You get back ten times what you give freely
Like my mamma told me
Love can move you take you deeper every time
Can make the darkest moments seem like heaven's come alive
Love can move you to a place inside your heart
Where you can fear no evil and acceptance is a natural part of life.
Get me to the heart of the subway
Creepin' like a snake into New York City
I'm so close I think I can see those lights
Let the sun get closer to the ground
Don't you want to feel amazing?
Baby you know I do
You get back ten times what you give freely
Like my mamma told me
Love can move you take you deeper every time
Can make the darkest moments seem like heaven's come alive
Love can move you to a place inside your heart
Where you can fear no evil and acceptance is a natural part of life.
And I breathe the love you've given
And I feel the love you've hidden
And though it's cold down here well I can honestly say
I can still stay
That love can move you
That love can move you to a child
Love can move you take you deeper every time
Can make the darkest moments seem like heaven's come alive
Love can move you to a place inside your heart
Where you can fear no evil and acceptance is a natural part of life.
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