"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.
If I had wings, I'd fly
I'd fly away
If I had a light to give
Each and everyday, no
And if the Angel of Love
Upon my shoulder
My [Incomprehensible]
To try and fly away, hey, hey
All this walking and talking
Mix my loud and easy, hey
All this rustlin' and tuslin' on the job
Life sure ain't green there, no
But if I had wings, oh this evening
Just enough for
And I had no words, no words to say
I'd fly away, hey, hey
I'd fly away, hey hey
Let me fly away, hey, hey
Yes, I'm flying
Flying
I'm flying right now, yeah
Ooh, I'd fly away
All of this talk about flying away
Looking here to the far blue yonder
Listen to me
I tell you that is sets my heart aglow, yeah
Kinda makes me wonder
The city of Angels with the light
That shines forever, I said forevermore
Makes me fly away, hey, hey
Oh, she will let me fly away, hey, hey
Make me fly away, hey, hey
Play this song, yeah
And how are you this evening?
[Incomprehensible] pair of wings
I'd fly, fly, fly, fly
I'd fly away, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
I'd fly away
If I had a light to give
Each and everyday, no
And if the Angel of Love
Upon my shoulder
My [Incomprehensible]
To try and fly away, hey, hey
All this walking and talking
Mix my loud and easy, hey
All this rustlin' and tuslin' on the job
Life sure ain't green there, no
But if I had wings, oh this evening
Just enough for
And I had no words, no words to say
I'd fly away, hey, hey
I'd fly away, hey hey
Let me fly away, hey, hey
Yes, I'm flying
Flying
I'm flying right now, yeah
Ooh, I'd fly away
All of this talk about flying away
Looking here to the far blue yonder
Listen to me
I tell you that is sets my heart aglow, yeah
Kinda makes me wonder
The city of Angels with the light
That shines forever, I said forevermore
Makes me fly away, hey, hey
Oh, she will let me fly away, hey, hey
Make me fly away, hey, hey
Play this song, yeah
And how are you this evening?
[Incomprehensible] pair of wings
I'd fly, fly, fly, fly
I'd fly away, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
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I'd Fly Away Lyrics as written by Al L. Green
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