"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.
Some people are born to be doctors,
Some are born to be lumber jacks
Some are born just to take life easy
Others are born to break their backs!
But I'm just born to be your baby
Just born to love you baby,
It's true . . .
Nobody else will do!
( Just born to be your baby . . .
Just born to be . . . )
Some people will kiss and nothin' happens
Other hearts are made of stone
But whenever I feel our lips meet
Somethin' starts crawlin' all through my bones!
'Cause I'm just born to be your baby
Just born to love you baby,
It's true . . .
Nobody else will do!
( Just born to be . . . )
If now an' then you start to wonder
Will I be the perfect mate?
Don't you worry my purdy little darlin'
It was all arranged by fate!
'Cause I'm just born to be your baby
Just born to love you baby,
It's true . . . ( It's true, it's true! )
Nobody else will do!
( Just born to be your baby . . .
Just born to be . . . )
Some people will search for love a lifetime
Some never feel love in their hearts
But I was born with a silver spoon
I had your love'a right from the start!
Yes! I'm just born to be your baby
Just born to love you baby,
It's true . . . ( It's true, it's true! )
Nobody else will do!
( Just born to be your baby . . .
Just born to be your own! )
Yes! I'm just born to be your baby
Just born to love you baby,
It's true . . . ( It's true, it's true! )
Nobody else will do!
( Nobody else will do! )
Yes! I'm just born to be your baby
Just born to love you baby,
It's true . . . ( It's true, it's true! )
Ah . . . Nobody else will do!
( Just born to be your baby . . . ) Nobody else will do!
( Just born to be your baby . . . ) Nobody else will do!
( Just born to be your baby . . . ) Nobody else will do!
Some are born to be lumber jacks
Some are born just to take life easy
Others are born to break their backs!
But I'm just born to be your baby
Just born to love you baby,
It's true . . .
Nobody else will do!
( Just born to be your baby . . .
Just born to be . . . )
Some people will kiss and nothin' happens
Other hearts are made of stone
But whenever I feel our lips meet
Somethin' starts crawlin' all through my bones!
'Cause I'm just born to be your baby
Just born to love you baby,
It's true . . .
Nobody else will do!
( Just born to be . . . )
If now an' then you start to wonder
Will I be the perfect mate?
Don't you worry my purdy little darlin'
It was all arranged by fate!
'Cause I'm just born to be your baby
Just born to love you baby,
It's true . . . ( It's true, it's true! )
Nobody else will do!
( Just born to be your baby . . .
Just born to be . . . )
Some people will search for love a lifetime
Some never feel love in their hearts
But I was born with a silver spoon
I had your love'a right from the start!
Yes! I'm just born to be your baby
Just born to love you baby,
It's true . . . ( It's true, it's true! )
Nobody else will do!
( Just born to be your baby . . .
Just born to be your own! )
Yes! I'm just born to be your baby
Just born to love you baby,
It's true . . . ( It's true, it's true! )
Nobody else will do!
( Nobody else will do! )
Yes! I'm just born to be your baby
Just born to love you baby,
It's true . . . ( It's true, it's true! )
Ah . . . Nobody else will do!
( Just born to be your baby . . . ) Nobody else will do!
( Just born to be your baby . . . ) Nobody else will do!
( Just born to be your baby . . . ) Nobody else will do!
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