"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.
You were born together
And together ye shall be forever
Until death should scatter
It wouldn't matter in the memory of god above
Let the wind of heaven dance between you too
Allow the space and time to bring you closer to everlasting love
Cause god moves
What do you do
God moves through you
When love beckons
His ways are often hard and steep
When his wings enfold
Ye yield to all he speaks
The sword it might be hidden there among his pinions
Oh you may wear a wound that truly spoke to you
Believe in all that voice and follow through
Follow so on and on
What do you do when god moves through you
What do you do
Say i do
I do
Just remember love possesses nothing
Nor would it ever be possessed
Oh love is love sufficient unto love
And you can figure out the rest
Your children will not be your children
They are the daughters and the son of a beginning
They'll come through your womb but not be coming from you
They will be with you but do not belong to you
You may give them your love but not your thoughts
Then they'll arrive with their own hearts
They're the coming of angels this blessed season
And then they'll sing oh how god rests in reason
God rests in reason
So what do you do
Ooh when god moves through you
What do you do
Say i do
I do
Think not you can direct the course of
Love itself directs the course allowed
Believe not god is in your heart, child
But rather you're in the heart of god
What do you do
Say i do
I do
I do
Think not you can direct the course of
Love itselfs directs the course allowed
Believe not god is in your heart, child
But rather you're in the heart of god
What do you do
Ooh when god moves through you
Remember god rests in reason
Say i do
I do
And together ye shall be forever
Until death should scatter
It wouldn't matter in the memory of god above
Let the wind of heaven dance between you too
Allow the space and time to bring you closer to everlasting love
Cause god moves
What do you do
God moves through you
When love beckons
His ways are often hard and steep
When his wings enfold
Ye yield to all he speaks
The sword it might be hidden there among his pinions
Oh you may wear a wound that truly spoke to you
Believe in all that voice and follow through
Follow so on and on
What do you do when god moves through you
What do you do
Say i do
I do
Just remember love possesses nothing
Nor would it ever be possessed
Oh love is love sufficient unto love
And you can figure out the rest
Your children will not be your children
They are the daughters and the son of a beginning
They'll come through your womb but not be coming from you
They will be with you but do not belong to you
You may give them your love but not your thoughts
Then they'll arrive with their own hearts
They're the coming of angels this blessed season
And then they'll sing oh how god rests in reason
God rests in reason
So what do you do
Ooh when god moves through you
What do you do
Say i do
I do
Think not you can direct the course of
Love itself directs the course allowed
Believe not god is in your heart, child
But rather you're in the heart of god
What do you do
Say i do
I do
I do
Think not you can direct the course of
Love itselfs directs the course allowed
Believe not god is in your heart, child
But rather you're in the heart of god
What do you do
Ooh when god moves through you
Remember god rests in reason
Say i do
I do
Lyrics submitted by Loonylvr
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