"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.
This is my same old coat
These are my same old shoes
It was the same old me
With the same old blues
Oh, then you touched my life
Just by holding my hand
And when I look in the mirror
I see a brand new girl, oh me
Just because of you, boy
Just because of you whoa, oh, oh
Just because of you, boy
Just because of you
I got the same old friends
And they've got the same old sins
I tell them the same old jokes
And I get the same old grins
But now the joke is on you
It happened somehow with you
Everyday of my life
I'm as fresh as morning dew
Just because of you
Just because of you, whoa, oh, oh, oh
Just because of you, boy
Just because of you
I go to the same old places
I see the same old faces
I look at the same old sky
See it all with brand new eye
I got a brand new boy
And I got me a brand new smile
Since I found you, baby
I got me a brand new style
Just because of you, boy
Just because of you, oh, I feel good
Just because of you, boy
Just because of you, oh, I feel good
Just because of you, boy
Hey, just because of you, yes, I do
Just because of you, boy
Just because of you, oh, it feels good
Just because of you, boy
Yeah, just because of you
Just because of you, boy
Just because, because, because of you
Just because of you, boy
Oh, boy
Just because of you, boy
Oh, boy
Just because of you, boy
Oh, boy
These are my same old shoes
It was the same old me
With the same old blues
Oh, then you touched my life
Just by holding my hand
And when I look in the mirror
I see a brand new girl, oh me
Just because of you, boy
Just because of you whoa, oh, oh
Just because of you, boy
Just because of you
I got the same old friends
And they've got the same old sins
I tell them the same old jokes
And I get the same old grins
But now the joke is on you
It happened somehow with you
Everyday of my life
I'm as fresh as morning dew
Just because of you
Just because of you, whoa, oh, oh, oh
Just because of you, boy
Just because of you
I go to the same old places
I see the same old faces
I look at the same old sky
See it all with brand new eye
I got a brand new boy
And I got me a brand new smile
Since I found you, baby
I got me a brand new style
Just because of you, boy
Just because of you, oh, I feel good
Just because of you, boy
Just because of you, oh, I feel good
Just because of you, boy
Hey, just because of you, yes, I do
Just because of you, boy
Just because of you, oh, it feels good
Just because of you, boy
Yeah, just because of you
Just because of you, boy
Just because, because, because of you
Just because of you, boy
Oh, boy
Just because of you, boy
Oh, boy
Just because of you, boy
Oh, boy
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A Brand New Me Lyrics as written by Kenneth Gamble Jerry Butler
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