"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.
It's 3 A.M.
And I've been thinking
What we're all about
I gotta tell you
I'm halfway
Between hope and doubt
Am I goin' overboard?
Pushing just a little too hard
Don't want to give it all away
But hey
I admit to being afraid
Falling hard and being played
My heart is saying just let go
But I don't know
Should I fall?
Open up and give it all?
Should I fall?
Should I fall?
Don't know what I'll do
Should I fall for you?
There's a part of me
Saying take a chance
Tell you everything
Then the other side
Says be cool
Hold back something
I'm not into playing games
I'm hoping that you feel the same
I'd like to get close tonight
But only if it's right
Won't somebody tell me how
I'm supposed to hold back now?
Am I past the point of saying
Let's wait?
I've been holding back so long
What I feel can't be wrong
Once we start it'll be too late
And love will carry us away
Should I fall, baby?
And you know it's true
And I've been thinking
What we're all about
I gotta tell you
I'm halfway
Between hope and doubt
Am I goin' overboard?
Pushing just a little too hard
Don't want to give it all away
But hey
I admit to being afraid
Falling hard and being played
My heart is saying just let go
But I don't know
Should I fall?
Open up and give it all?
Should I fall?
Should I fall?
Don't know what I'll do
Should I fall for you?
There's a part of me
Saying take a chance
Tell you everything
Then the other side
Says be cool
Hold back something
I'm not into playing games
I'm hoping that you feel the same
I'd like to get close tonight
But only if it's right
Won't somebody tell me how
I'm supposed to hold back now?
Am I past the point of saying
Let's wait?
I've been holding back so long
What I feel can't be wrong
Once we start it'll be too late
And love will carry us away
Should I fall, baby?
And you know it's true
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