"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.
We can be like all the others with no way to go
Paint ourselves into a corner with hope
This could be the end of everything
Afraid of a dream of one
Let's hope these heart's for one another
It's worth all wounds, it must be
If I'm drawn and quartered
It's only for you
Hold that thought down forever
In all shades of blue
So why won't you (why won't you)?
Been waiting to
Why won't you go on and run?
Every part of me wants to believe
There's a darkness we need to feel
For the brightest light to be seen and felt inside
Only because of you
Let's hope these heart's for one another
It's worth all wounds, it must be
If I'm drawn and quartered
It's only for you
Hold that thought down forever
In all shades of blue
Why won't you go on and run with them?
Run away, go on and run away
And I'll stay
Drawn & quartered, drawn & quartered, drawn & quartered
For you
It's all I can do, my baby
Hold that thought down forever
In all shades of blue
Why won't you?
I'll wait for you
Why won't you?
Go on and run
Why won't you
Go on and run
Run away
Let's hope these heart's for one another
It's worth all wounds, it must be
Hold that thought down forever
In all shades of blue
Always
Paint ourselves into a corner with hope
This could be the end of everything
Afraid of a dream of one
Let's hope these heart's for one another
It's worth all wounds, it must be
If I'm drawn and quartered
It's only for you
Hold that thought down forever
In all shades of blue
So why won't you (why won't you)?
Been waiting to
Why won't you go on and run?
Every part of me wants to believe
There's a darkness we need to feel
For the brightest light to be seen and felt inside
Only because of you
Let's hope these heart's for one another
It's worth all wounds, it must be
If I'm drawn and quartered
It's only for you
Hold that thought down forever
In all shades of blue
Why won't you go on and run with them?
Run away, go on and run away
And I'll stay
Drawn & quartered, drawn & quartered, drawn & quartered
For you
It's all I can do, my baby
Hold that thought down forever
In all shades of blue
Why won't you?
I'll wait for you
Why won't you?
Go on and run
Why won't you
Go on and run
Run away
Let's hope these heart's for one another
It's worth all wounds, it must be
Hold that thought down forever
In all shades of blue
Always
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