"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.
Oh, oh
For you (for you)
I had a change of heart
Don't know where to start
What I'm about to say may surprise you
Now I see it clear
Life ain't always fair, oh
What can you do?
When you don't want to hurt him
'Cause you don't deserve him
And there's no other way
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm breaking down
I just can't take it anymore
Oh no, I won't let you go
You know I'm coming for you
No matter what it's gonna take
I gotta make this move
You're the one that I choose
You know I'm coming for you
And I just can't go another day
Without you next to me, oh oh, yeah
Don't know what to say
Guess I'll take the blame
Eventually it was bound to happen
I know you played your part
I ain't tryin' to make it hard
But it's the right thing to do
And you don't want to hurt him
'Cause you don't deserve him
There's no other way
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah
I'm breaking down
I just can't take it anymore
Oh no, I won't let you go
You know I'm coming for you
No matter what it's gonna take
I gotta make this move
You're the one that I choose
You know I'm coming for you
And I just can't go another day
Without you next to me, oh oh, yeah
Now that you know the truth
Just wanna be with you
Can't go back; this is real
'Cause what we share
It's undeniable
Don't want to hide no more
Here I am, and I'm coming for you, oh!
I'm breaking down
I just can't take it anymore
Oh no, I won't let you go
You know I'm coming for you
No matter what it's gonna take
I gotta make this move
You're the one that I choose
You know I'm coming for you
And I just can't go another day
Without you next to me, oh oh, yeah
I'm breaking down
I just can't take it anymore
Oh no, I won't let you go
You know I'm coming for you
For you, for you
For you (for you)
I had a change of heart
Don't know where to start
What I'm about to say may surprise you
Now I see it clear
Life ain't always fair, oh
What can you do?
When you don't want to hurt him
'Cause you don't deserve him
And there's no other way
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm breaking down
I just can't take it anymore
Oh no, I won't let you go
You know I'm coming for you
No matter what it's gonna take
I gotta make this move
You're the one that I choose
You know I'm coming for you
And I just can't go another day
Without you next to me, oh oh, yeah
Don't know what to say
Guess I'll take the blame
Eventually it was bound to happen
I know you played your part
I ain't tryin' to make it hard
But it's the right thing to do
And you don't want to hurt him
'Cause you don't deserve him
There's no other way
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah
I'm breaking down
I just can't take it anymore
Oh no, I won't let you go
You know I'm coming for you
No matter what it's gonna take
I gotta make this move
You're the one that I choose
You know I'm coming for you
And I just can't go another day
Without you next to me, oh oh, yeah
Now that you know the truth
Just wanna be with you
Can't go back; this is real
'Cause what we share
It's undeniable
Don't want to hide no more
Here I am, and I'm coming for you, oh!
I'm breaking down
I just can't take it anymore
Oh no, I won't let you go
You know I'm coming for you
No matter what it's gonna take
I gotta make this move
You're the one that I choose
You know I'm coming for you
And I just can't go another day
Without you next to me, oh oh, yeah
I'm breaking down
I just can't take it anymore
Oh no, I won't let you go
You know I'm coming for you
For you, for you
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