"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.
Welllllllllll, I ain't never
I ain't never
A-seen nobody like you
No no no
Never, have I ever
A-seen nobody like you
You call me up and say you'll meet me at nine
I have to hurry, hurry but I'm there on time
I walk right up and knock on your door
The landlord says she ain't here no more
I ain't never, oh darling
A-seen nobody like you
Boo-hoo but I love you
Yeah I love you
I love you just the same
Well you tell me sweet things that you don't mean
You got me livin' in a honey dream
You make me do things I don't wanna do
My friends'll say, "Webb what's wrong with you?"
I ain't never, oh darling
A-seen nobody like you
Boo-hoo but I love you
Yeah I love you
I love you just the same
I love you just the same
I love you just the same
I ain't never
A-seen nobody like you
No no no
Never, have I ever
A-seen nobody like you
You call me up and say you'll meet me at nine
I have to hurry, hurry but I'm there on time
I walk right up and knock on your door
The landlord says she ain't here no more
I ain't never, oh darling
A-seen nobody like you
Boo-hoo but I love you
Yeah I love you
I love you just the same
Well you tell me sweet things that you don't mean
You got me livin' in a honey dream
You make me do things I don't wanna do
My friends'll say, "Webb what's wrong with you?"
I ain't never, oh darling
A-seen nobody like you
Boo-hoo but I love you
Yeah I love you
I love you just the same
I love you just the same
I love you just the same
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I Ain't Never Lyrics as written by Webb Pierce Mel Tillis
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