"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.
Your touch is all I need
And I can't fight the way I feel tonight
I don't know how I'll make it here without you
This love could slip right from my fingertips
Nothing else will do
I don't know how I'll make it here without you
I lie awake, sleepless
I don't know what I'll do tonight
I lie awake, sleepless love
And I don't have a heart without you
I don't have a reason why
I don't have a heart without you
Here tonight
Some things should not be said
Cause they could never be the truth
I never wanted to lay down here without you
This love was turned full circle
Over and over again
I never want to lay down here without you
I lie awake, sleepless
I don't know what I'll do tonight
I lie awake, sleepless love
And I don't have a heart without you
I don't have a reason why
I don't have a heart without you
Here tonight
Oooh
Your love is all I need
And I can't fight the way I feel tonight
I don't know how I'll make it here without you
I lie awake, sleepless
I don't know what I'll do tonight
I lie awake, sleepless
I don't know what I'll do tonight
I lie awake, sleepless love
And I don't have a heart without you
I don't have a reason why
And I don't have a heart without you
I don't need a reason why
I don't have have a heart without you
Here tonight
And I can't fight the way I feel tonight
I don't know how I'll make it here without you
This love could slip right from my fingertips
Nothing else will do
I don't know how I'll make it here without you
I lie awake, sleepless
I don't know what I'll do tonight
I lie awake, sleepless love
And I don't have a heart without you
I don't have a reason why
I don't have a heart without you
Here tonight
Some things should not be said
Cause they could never be the truth
I never wanted to lay down here without you
This love was turned full circle
Over and over again
I never want to lay down here without you
I lie awake, sleepless
I don't know what I'll do tonight
I lie awake, sleepless love
And I don't have a heart without you
I don't have a reason why
I don't have a heart without you
Here tonight
Oooh
Your love is all I need
And I can't fight the way I feel tonight
I don't know how I'll make it here without you
I lie awake, sleepless
I don't know what I'll do tonight
I lie awake, sleepless
I don't know what I'll do tonight
I lie awake, sleepless love
And I don't have a heart without you
I don't have a reason why
And I don't have a heart without you
I don't need a reason why
I don't have have a heart without you
Here tonight
Lyrics submitted by Cyberghost
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