"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.
Better be gone
It's half past eleven now
Get onto the deck
You better get on
It's half past eleven now
Fairly well, we can tell
Nothing but moving will do
And it will be alright
Hey, hey, hey, the night is waiting for you
Take a picture of the silver moon
Oh, oh, oh, she will be shining for you
On your journey home
Better be gone
So find your pocket watch
And all of your hope now
The hour is long
Before I try to say too much
Fair thee well 'cause we can tell
Nothing but courage will do
And it will be alright
Set your sails upon
The mighty winds of May
Set your sails upon the hope
Of June
Set your sails upon the air of
Warm July
Set your course for Heaven's shore
It's half past eleven now
Get onto the deck
You better get on
It's half past eleven now
Fairly well, we can tell
Nothing but moving will do
And it will be alright
Hey, hey, hey, the night is waiting for you
Take a picture of the silver moon
Oh, oh, oh, she will be shining for you
On your journey home
Better be gone
So find your pocket watch
And all of your hope now
The hour is long
Before I try to say too much
Fair thee well 'cause we can tell
Nothing but courage will do
And it will be alright
Set your sails upon
The mighty winds of May
Set your sails upon the hope
Of June
Set your sails upon the air of
Warm July
Set your course for Heaven's shore
Lyrics submitted by naiveSimon86
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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I agree with Lampala, but I think the first verse exclusively talks about those eleventh hour workers, saying "Don't miss the boat!" The parable to which it refers teaches us that the reward for those is the same as those who have been working all along. Surely, it's better to do something even if it is little than to do nothing at all in the service of the Lord because the reward is the same.