"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.
Darlin', you can count on me
Til the sun dries up the sea
([...])
Until then, I'll always be
Devoted to you
I'll be yours through endless time
I'll adore your charms sublime
Guess by now you know that I'm
Devoted to you
I'll never hurt you, I'll never lie
I'll never be untrue
I'll never give you reason to cry
I'd be unhappy if you were blue
Through the years, my love will grow
Like a river, it will flow
It can't die because I'm so
Devoted to you
I'll never hurt you, I'll never lie
I'll never be untrue
I'll never give you reason to cry
I'd be unhappy if you were blue
Through the years, my love will grow
Like a river, it will flow
It can't die because I'm so
Devoted to you
Ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba ba bom
(That was beautiful.)
(Great.)
(Yay!)
(*Clapping*)
(That was great.)
(Hey, Brian, I [...])
Til the sun dries up the sea
([...])
Until then, I'll always be
Devoted to you
I'll be yours through endless time
I'll adore your charms sublime
Guess by now you know that I'm
Devoted to you
I'll never hurt you, I'll never lie
I'll never be untrue
I'll never give you reason to cry
I'd be unhappy if you were blue
Through the years, my love will grow
Like a river, it will flow
It can't die because I'm so
Devoted to you
I'll never hurt you, I'll never lie
I'll never be untrue
I'll never give you reason to cry
I'd be unhappy if you were blue
Through the years, my love will grow
Like a river, it will flow
It can't die because I'm so
Devoted to you
Ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba ba bom
(That was beautiful.)
(Great.)
(Yay!)
(*Clapping*)
(That was great.)
(Hey, Brian, I [...])
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