"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.
Wanna get you home want make you moan
Wanna get you in my pleasure dome
Wanna make it hot
Get your pistol cocked
Gonna get ya if your ready or not
Wanna chew the fat
Wanna hit your back
What you say to that
Pardon me but please
On your hands and knees
Lets hit it hard
Now you're in charge
You wanna roll
Then take control
Get up on the floor
Show me what its for
Wanna score
Por favor
Come on rock it hardcore
Wanna bring it back sling back tickle fight
Wanna do it do it do it right
Make a women a man and a man can can
I think your mac needs a lot more ram
Be my moog and I'll twiddle your knob
Be my corn and I'll nibble your cob
Now take my apples and start to bob
You play the jewels and I'll grab and rob
Let's hit it hard
Now you're in charge
You wanna roll
Then take control
You wanna go
Then let me know
You want it bad
You never had it so
Get up on the floor
Show me what its for
Wanna score
Por favor
Come on rock it hardcore
Wanna hear ya hum my ding a ling
Gonna help ya stick but not cling
Let's break on out of this sing sing
Do me a favor and hold that thing
Some people think I'm a conduit
Wondering if I'm getting it
Well now ya know I don't have to prove it
Stay a while and I'll get to move it
Wanna feel your lust
I'm know I'm gonna bust
It's a must must must
Tell all the others to eat your dust
Let's hit it hard...
Get up on the floor
Shore me what its for
Encore
Gimme more
Meet me at my private door
Come on come on come on
Rock it hardcore
Wanna get you in my pleasure dome
Wanna make it hot
Get your pistol cocked
Gonna get ya if your ready or not
Wanna chew the fat
Wanna hit your back
What you say to that
Pardon me but please
On your hands and knees
Lets hit it hard
Now you're in charge
You wanna roll
Then take control
Get up on the floor
Show me what its for
Wanna score
Por favor
Come on rock it hardcore
Wanna bring it back sling back tickle fight
Wanna do it do it do it right
Make a women a man and a man can can
I think your mac needs a lot more ram
Be my moog and I'll twiddle your knob
Be my corn and I'll nibble your cob
Now take my apples and start to bob
You play the jewels and I'll grab and rob
Let's hit it hard
Now you're in charge
You wanna roll
Then take control
You wanna go
Then let me know
You want it bad
You never had it so
Get up on the floor
Show me what its for
Wanna score
Por favor
Come on rock it hardcore
Wanna hear ya hum my ding a ling
Gonna help ya stick but not cling
Let's break on out of this sing sing
Do me a favor and hold that thing
Some people think I'm a conduit
Wondering if I'm getting it
Well now ya know I don't have to prove it
Stay a while and I'll get to move it
Wanna feel your lust
I'm know I'm gonna bust
It's a must must must
Tell all the others to eat your dust
Let's hit it hard...
Get up on the floor
Shore me what its for
Encore
Gimme more
Meet me at my private door
Come on come on come on
Rock it hardcore
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This isn't about sex, it's about barstool come-ons.
Some guy leans over to an even moderately attractive woman and starts talking about all the crazy sexy shit he wants to do to her for hours and hours and hours -- and sure, we know it's usually foolish and risky to go off with some random guy, but even assuming no overt danger of pregnancy, disease, or violence, usually the best you can hope for with one of these big-talkers is that he'll cum in his pants while you're unbuttoning your shirt. In any case, he's not going act on all of his big talk.
OTOH, women CAN go for hours. We can go long after the man starts chaffing and whining about needing sleep. Don't believe me? Do a quick google search for "Man left crying in the street after being trapped by German nymphomaniac."