"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.
Step into my world
Oh, oh
Yeah, yeah
Woah-oh-oh
Oh, oh
Yeah, yeah
Woah-oh-oh
Like a moth to a flame, you know you're drawn to me
I know you better than you know yourself, baby
Why do you try to resist what you want?
Honey, I want you to give me what I need, listen closely
I need you to (hold on me)
I need you to (kiss on me)
Feel your body (next to me)
I want you to, I need you to
Want you to give (into me)
Want all of you (everything)
Ecstasy's what I will bring you
If you just
Step into my world
Where there's countless things to see
Endless possibilities
Let me take you to a place where desires flow deep
See an odyssey of dreams
And the best of fantasies
All this for your eyes only
Ooh, step into my world
Close your eyes and let your feelings now take over
It's alright, I'm intoxicating you though you're sober
You inside, the thought alone is so overbearing
Boy tonight, You just follow my lead from here and
I need you to (hold on me)
I need you to (kiss on me)
Feel your body (next to me)
I want you to, I need you to
Want you to give (into me)
Want all of you (everything)
Ecstasy's what I will bring you
If you just
Step into my world
Where there's countless things to see
Endless possibilities
Let me take you to a place where desires flow deep
See an odyssey of dreams
And the best of fantasies
All this for your eyes only
Ooh, step into my world
Where there's no reality
Time itself means nothing
It's so hypnotizing
It brings you to a state of natural high
See how my words, they get to you
Creates the the lift that's haunting you
Yes, that's it, hold on to it
Ooh, welcome to my world
My world
Where desires flow deep
Fantasies
Ooh, step into my world (step into my world)
Where there's countless things to see
Endless possibilities (oh-oh-oh)
Let me take you to a place where desires flow deep
See an odyssey of dreams (odyssey of dreams)
And the best of fantasies
All this for your eyes only
Ooh, step into my world (step into my world)
Oh, oh
Woah-oh-oh
Oh, oh
Woah-oh-oh
Oh, oh
Yeah, yeah
Woah-oh-oh
Oh, oh
Yeah, yeah
Woah-oh-oh
Like a moth to a flame, you know you're drawn to me
I know you better than you know yourself, baby
Why do you try to resist what you want?
Honey, I want you to give me what I need, listen closely
I need you to (hold on me)
I need you to (kiss on me)
Feel your body (next to me)
I want you to, I need you to
Want you to give (into me)
Want all of you (everything)
Ecstasy's what I will bring you
If you just
Step into my world
Where there's countless things to see
Endless possibilities
Let me take you to a place where desires flow deep
See an odyssey of dreams
And the best of fantasies
All this for your eyes only
Ooh, step into my world
Close your eyes and let your feelings now take over
It's alright, I'm intoxicating you though you're sober
You inside, the thought alone is so overbearing
Boy tonight, You just follow my lead from here and
I need you to (hold on me)
I need you to (kiss on me)
Feel your body (next to me)
I want you to, I need you to
Want you to give (into me)
Want all of you (everything)
Ecstasy's what I will bring you
If you just
Step into my world
Where there's countless things to see
Endless possibilities
Let me take you to a place where desires flow deep
See an odyssey of dreams
And the best of fantasies
All this for your eyes only
Ooh, step into my world
Where there's no reality
Time itself means nothing
It's so hypnotizing
It brings you to a state of natural high
See how my words, they get to you
Creates the the lift that's haunting you
Yes, that's it, hold on to it
Ooh, welcome to my world
My world
Where desires flow deep
Fantasies
Ooh, step into my world (step into my world)
Where there's countless things to see
Endless possibilities (oh-oh-oh)
Let me take you to a place where desires flow deep
See an odyssey of dreams (odyssey of dreams)
And the best of fantasies
All this for your eyes only
Ooh, step into my world (step into my world)
Oh, oh
Woah-oh-oh
Oh, oh
Woah-oh-oh
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