"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.
Tonight I wish I was the moon
It always knows just what to do 'cause every time's the same old song
Dancing round this sleeping earth the whole night long
Wandering past the mirrors gaze
Noticing I ain't shaved for days asks "Just what the hell have you been up to?"
"Haven't you a place to be? Someone who needs you?"
Hold me now promise you won't let me go
Through the memories and beyond the great unknown
Hold me now promise you won't let me go
'Cause I just can't stand the thought of losing you
Losing you
Tryin' to get lost in the night
I'm shown up by those damn street lights as if under interrogation
Seems everyone's looking for an explanation
Walk in to an Ezy Plus
The guy behind the counters suss
I haven't done anything wrong
Just haven't known what to look for in so long
Hold me now promise you won't let me go
Through the memories and beyond the great unknown
Hold me now promise you won't let me go
'Cause I just can't stand the thought of losing you
Losing you
I guess I'm stuck in the rain again
I guess I'm stuck in the rain
I guess I'm stuck in the rain again
I guess I'm stuck in the rain
It always knows just what to do 'cause every time's the same old song
Dancing round this sleeping earth the whole night long
Wandering past the mirrors gaze
Noticing I ain't shaved for days asks "Just what the hell have you been up to?"
"Haven't you a place to be? Someone who needs you?"
Hold me now promise you won't let me go
Through the memories and beyond the great unknown
Hold me now promise you won't let me go
'Cause I just can't stand the thought of losing you
Losing you
Tryin' to get lost in the night
I'm shown up by those damn street lights as if under interrogation
Seems everyone's looking for an explanation
Walk in to an Ezy Plus
The guy behind the counters suss
I haven't done anything wrong
Just haven't known what to look for in so long
Hold me now promise you won't let me go
Through the memories and beyond the great unknown
Hold me now promise you won't let me go
'Cause I just can't stand the thought of losing you
Losing you
I guess I'm stuck in the rain again
I guess I'm stuck in the rain
I guess I'm stuck in the rain again
I guess I'm stuck in the rain
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The Great Unknown Lyrics as written by Mitchell
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"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
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great tune..... yea Bob!