"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.
Sweet Communion
Sweet Communion
I have waited all my life
You say you are bonafide
To be my judge
Lay your law down on me love
Seven devils bring them on
I have left my weapons
Cause I think you're wrong
These devils of yours they need love
Come and kneel with me body and soul
Come and kneel with me body and soul
Body and soul body and soul body and soul
Sweet Communion
Sweet Communion
In my temple boy be warned
Violence doesn't have a home now but ecstasy
That's as pure as a woman's gold
Seven devils bring them on
I have left my weapons
Cause I think you're wrong
These devils of yours they need love
Come and kneel with me body and soul
Come and kneel with me body and soul
Body and soul body and soul body and soul
I'll save you from that Sunday sermon
Boy I think you need a conversion
Body and soul
Come and kneel with me body and soul
Come and kneel with me body and soul
Body and soul body and soul body and soul
Sweet Communion
I have waited all my life
You say you are bonafide
To be my judge
Lay your law down on me love
Seven devils bring them on
I have left my weapons
Cause I think you're wrong
These devils of yours they need love
Come and kneel with me body and soul
Come and kneel with me body and soul
Body and soul body and soul body and soul
Sweet Communion
Sweet Communion
In my temple boy be warned
Violence doesn't have a home now but ecstasy
That's as pure as a woman's gold
Seven devils bring them on
I have left my weapons
Cause I think you're wrong
These devils of yours they need love
Come and kneel with me body and soul
Come and kneel with me body and soul
Body and soul body and soul body and soul
I'll save you from that Sunday sermon
Boy I think you need a conversion
Body and soul
Come and kneel with me body and soul
Come and kneel with me body and soul
Body and soul body and soul body and soul
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Body and Soul Lyrics as written by Tori Ellen Amos
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