"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.
You are the God who reconciles
The wayward heart through Christ
The old has gone, the new has come
We are reconciled by love
We are reconciled by love
You are the God who reconciles
The wayward heart through Christ
The old has gone, the new has come
We are reconciled by love
We are reconciled by love
And this is the new song we sing
To the King of Heaven
This is the new song we bring
After all you've given
And we stand before You redeemed
As Your children
This is the new song we sing
We, who were once so far away
Are brought near by Your blood
The barrier has been destroyed
By Your grace we freely come
By Your grace we freely come
And this is the new song we sing
To the King of Heaven
This is the new song we bring
After all you've given
And we stand before You redeemed
As Your children
This is the new song we sing
And we live in You, we live for You
We live to You, our King
We stand in You, we stand for You
We stand as Your redeemed
We live in You, we live for You
We live to You, our King
Yeah, we stand in You, we stand for You
We stand as Your redeemed, Your redeemed
And this is the new song we sing
To the King of Heaven
This is the new song we bring
After all you've given
And we stand before You redeemed
As Your children
This is the new song we sing
And this is the new song we sing
To the King of Heaven
This is the new song we bring
After all you've given
And we stand before You redeemed
As Your children
This is the new song we sing
The wayward heart through Christ
The old has gone, the new has come
We are reconciled by love
We are reconciled by love
You are the God who reconciles
The wayward heart through Christ
The old has gone, the new has come
We are reconciled by love
We are reconciled by love
And this is the new song we sing
To the King of Heaven
This is the new song we bring
After all you've given
And we stand before You redeemed
As Your children
This is the new song we sing
We, who were once so far away
Are brought near by Your blood
The barrier has been destroyed
By Your grace we freely come
By Your grace we freely come
And this is the new song we sing
To the King of Heaven
This is the new song we bring
After all you've given
And we stand before You redeemed
As Your children
This is the new song we sing
And we live in You, we live for You
We live to You, our King
We stand in You, we stand for You
We stand as Your redeemed
We live in You, we live for You
We live to You, our King
Yeah, we stand in You, we stand for You
We stand as Your redeemed, Your redeemed
And this is the new song we sing
To the King of Heaven
This is the new song we bring
After all you've given
And we stand before You redeemed
As Your children
This is the new song we sing
And this is the new song we sing
To the King of Heaven
This is the new song we bring
After all you've given
And we stand before You redeemed
As Your children
This is the new song we sing
Lyrics submitted by TinklePrincess
New Song We Sing Lyrics as written by Keith Everette Smith Jason Ingram
Lyrics © Capitol CMG Publishing
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