"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.
Jealous Heart, Oh, Jealous Heart stop beating
Can't you see the damage you have done
You have driven her away forever
Jealous Heart, now I'm the lonely one.
I was part of everything she planned for
And I know she loved me at the start
Now she hates the sight of all I stand for
All because of you, old Jealous Heart.
Jealous Heart, why did I let you lead me
When I knew the end would bring me pain
Now she's gone, she's gone and found another
Oh, I'll never see my love again.
Through the years her memory will haunt me
Even though we're many miles apart
It's so hard to know she'll never want me
'Cause she heard your beating Jealous Heart.
Many times I trusted you to guide me
But your guiding only brought me tears
Why oh why must I have you inside me
Jealous Heart, for all my lonely years.
Can't you see the damage you have done
You have driven her away forever
Jealous Heart, now I'm the lonely one.
I was part of everything she planned for
And I know she loved me at the start
Now she hates the sight of all I stand for
All because of you, old Jealous Heart.
Jealous Heart, why did I let you lead me
When I knew the end would bring me pain
Now she's gone, she's gone and found another
Oh, I'll never see my love again.
Through the years her memory will haunt me
Even though we're many miles apart
It's so hard to know she'll never want me
'Cause she heard your beating Jealous Heart.
Many times I trusted you to guide me
But your guiding only brought me tears
Why oh why must I have you inside me
Jealous Heart, for all my lonely years.
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Jealous Heart Lyrics as written by Jenny Lou Carson
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